Devonshire Regiment Officers service Dress OSD

[Rob Miller]

A recent buy, I'm 50/50 on whether this is genuine, are OSDs being faked?

Rob

[grenadierguardsman]

To me it lacks quality ?
Andy

[Mike H]

I'm not a fan either ,the crown looks oversized .

[Rob Miller]

I wonder if I should have given a third option in the poll, "I genuinely don't know"?

Rob

[magpie]

Plenty of fake OSD about, from the picture the lugs look like the sort I used to use, I called them boot lugs on the fact that one side was flattened and elongated the other short and thick so when you looked sideways on they reminded me of a wellington boot, so a possibility that it's just been relugged, I cut the feet off mine normally or filed them down.

[cbuehler]

Could well be genuine in my opinion. OSD bronzed badges run the gamut with regard to quality. Always good to keep in mind that private purchase officer badges are a law unto themselves.
Many officers did not have deep pockets during the exigencies of the world wars, and could possibly obtain badges from all sorts of makers including locally made "bazaar" items.

CB

[Sonofacqms]

Originally Posted by cbuehler

Could well be genuine in my opinion. OSD bronzed badges run the gamut with regard to quality. Always good to keep in mind that private purchase officer badges are a law unto themselves.
Many officers did not have deep pockets during the exigencies of the world wars, and could possibly obtain badges from all sorts of makers including locally made "bazaar" items.

CB

A very good point, I remember seeing Sir Vivian Fuchs Battledress jacket and F/S cap with a G/M Cambridgeshire collar badge adorning the cap when it was in the auction at Kent Sales, some people it seems got and still get away with flouting the rules.

So a poorly made OSD could well have been worn.

Rob

[cbuehler]

From the front, it does not really look too bad. While certainly not the nicest OSD collar, it is not the worst either.

CB