Green Howard's contemporary set

[mooke07]

Hi all,

My brother picked these up for me locally and I thought they may be of some interest to members. Well that is not completely true Longdog (aka Pat) put me up to it!

They comprise a lugged, die struck, WM cap badge to the Green Howard's (Alexandra, Princess of Wale's Own Yorkshire Regiment) which is a King's crown variant produced in haste in WW2 and noted in Gaylor and Churchill. It came with a pair of WM collar badges that match Pattern number 14399 sealed 27th July 1950 (Churchill 561), one with a green cloth backing. The set also has a pair of presumably theatre-cast, GM Green Howard's two tier, shoulder titles (Westlake 925) introduced in 1921 and worn until the 1960s.

A nice set that I have every reason to believe were worn together.

The Green Howard's served in the Malayan conflict 1949-52 and then through to the 1980s it served in Afghanistan, Suez, Cyprus, Hong Kong, Libya, Belize, Berlin and Northern Ireland.

Cheers Dean

[badjez]

Dean,

Any chance of a close-up of the crown on the cap badge please? From the current angle it looks like it is the standard 'coronet' without a central vertical bar, in which case it is the standard issue pattern (K&K616).
Maybe I just need new specs...

Stephen.

[Hoot]

Originally Posted by badjez

Dean,

Any chance of a close-up of the crown on the cap badge please? From the current angle it looks like it is the standard 'coronet' without a central vertical bar, in which case it is the standard issue pattern (K&K616).
Maybe I just need new specs...

Stephen.

I agree.

[wardog]

I think a regular battalion badge should be pre 1906 with lugs/loops. Regards, Paul.

[mooke07]

Apologies I compared it to the wrong badge in my collection, it is the regular Coronet pattern (K&K 616) schoolboy error sorry. Not all lugged badges are pre-1906 I would have thought. Cheers Dean

[wardog]

That's true. It is though highly likely to be an early badge. Regards, Paul. http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/for...ight=1906+lugs