NZ LRDG Badge - British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum

cazack · #1 12-03-23, 11:44 AM

Hello all

I have been offered an NZ LRDG badge made in silver.

I would guess that it is either a sweetheart badge or a randomly made badge if it seems to have been well made

The badge has lugs on the back, not a broach pin that's why I am not sure what it would be.

look forward to any comments

regards

C

Luke H · #2 12-03-23, 11:55 AM

Saw a very similar one on eBay recently.

Like the eBay one the LRDG badge at the centre of it is a fake.

cazack · #3 12-03-23, 12:03 PM

I never thought the badge was a genuine issued badge, more a sweetheart badge as it is made from silver and seems to have been cast

regards

pukman · #4 12-03-23, 10:24 PM

One similar in the late Laurie Osborne's collection.

atillathenunns · #5 13-03-23, 05:16 AM

At best it is an unknown association badge, most likely 1970s.
Any chance of a reverse picture?
If it has no silver stamp then it is best to describe it as a white metal badge.

LRDG 040.jpg

cazack · #6 13-03-23, 08:49 PM

please find the reverse of the badge

it seems not to be silver but rather a white metal, and also seems to have been cast, looks like other theater cast NZ WW2 badges I have seen

regards

C

Luke H · #7 13-03-23, 09:00 PM

It is from the same die as the fake LRDG in the Martin Marsh repro catalogue.

Evidently it has been cast from a fake of that stable in silver / white metal or whatever that is.

If the suggestion is the NZ LRDG Association were sand casting badges from fakes in the 1970s or after I would probably want some evidence.

atillathenunns · #8 14-03-23, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by cazack

please find the reverse of the badge

it seems not to be silver but rather a white metal, and also seems to have been cast, looks like other theater cast NZ WW2 badges I have seen

regards

C

I concur, the poor quallity on the back of the badge confirms it is definately a cast badge, and as far as I am awear, British LRDG association badges made by J R Gaunt (1946) and Russell King badges (1970s) were die stamped.

Including the very detailed badge posted by Puk and myself, I have only seen one other British LRDG association badge with the letters "NZ" attached to the sides, it sold on Trade me for $150 NZd.

The badge you have been offered I would value at $20 NZd.