Transjordan Emirate Arab Legion cap badge.

[Peter Brydon]

Must be rare, usual conditions apply, looking for reasonable offers.

Thanks.

P.B.

[arrestingu]

sorry to say sadly not rare, plenty on ebay £5-£25
Arab Legion
regards
Steve

[Peter Brydon]

Thanks Steve,

Couldn’t find any on EBay at £5.

P.

[arrestingu]

...thats the price i paid for my last two !!! i like the badge way to cheap in my mind ...a lot of history there..

[Peter Brydon]

Steve,
There appears to be some fairly modern looking gilt examples has the badge been taken back into use at a later date ?

P.

[arrestingu]

As far as i am aware its been in continue use, hence the wide amount of poor and quality examples
cheers steve

[JerryBB]

Originally Posted by Peter Brydon

Steve,
There appears to be some fairly modern looking gilt examples has the badge been taken back into use at a later date ?

P.

I think it became the police badge?

[KLR]

I lived in Jordan in the late 70s - mid 80s, I can nearly remember the speech but not the script.
However, the badge was worn by but the inscriptions; "shurta" is police and "Jaesh" is army - I'll try to work it out.


Yes, I think you are right Jerry - the first letter is a 'sh'

[Holyboy]

The price should be given not inviting bids

[mojob123]

Nice clear explanation by Eddie Parks at post #4 here. With this script and in white metal or silver is the pre 1956 ish Arab Legion. In gilding metal is the post 1956 Jordanian Army. But also found with different scripts post 1956 for police (also wm) and general security. My impression is that genuine pre 1956 AL are quite scarce but the confusion of metals and scripts makes it possible to pick them up relatively cheaply (on ebay etc). Mike

https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...ht=arab+legion

[Peter Brydon]

Thanks for all the helpful replies.

Holy boy,
If you look back through the classified ads you will see that I have sold many items here and usually give what I hope are very reasonable asking prices but in the case of this badge I was unsure of what represented a “reasonable “ price ,hence my not quoting a price.

P.

[popskipa]

One of my favourite badges...

Keith

[Holyboy]

https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...ad.php?t=78876

[Peter Brydon]

Hand well and truly smacked and head hung in shame.

P.

[Eddie Parks]

There are seven? variations on this badge. If members send me their email addresses I have a word document describing them.