Argyll Lt. Inf. - British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum

boots and saddles · #1 28-07-09, 05:52 PM

When talking about legitimate badges,this one is always spoke of as in white metal. I have never seen a white metal ALI tank although there must be according to popular belief it's the only one..(The picture on the forum seems like it could be). Mine is brass & legitimate & here is another that looks good to me.Any comments(not about the one here on auction) Maybe I'll hear from Bill on this one.

DavidS · #2 28-07-09, 07:09 PM

A lot (most?, most most??) TANK badges seem to have been plated after the fact rather than made in w.m. Bill Miller has a plated version, maybe he can post some pics.

Bill A · #3 28-07-09, 07:33 PM

Some discussion about these badges on a old thread, http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/for...light+infantry

DavidS · #4 13-08-09, 02:29 AM

I suppose it is a creative way of selling a repop, inferring it is a 1953 pattern badge and somehow legitimate. Wishful thinking or not, the Argylls amalgamated with the Hasty Pees in 1954 and are not mentioned at all in Thompson's "Insignia... 1953-1973"

Anyway, always some new twist: link

Bill A · #5 13-08-09, 11:34 AM

Not sure what that vendor is up to. Certainly is a "creative" listing.