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PPCLI Officer Collar Badges - Gilt
I just picked up this lovely pair of matching gilt collars out of the UK (thanks to eBay).
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Very nice! I got burned by a fake Marguerite out of England a few months back and now I'm paranoid to buy anything from there
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regards Paul L |
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Geoff... Thanks for showing your different examples. Gives the rest of us some good reference points. I know that your main interest in collecting is the PPCLI and that you have one of the top collections in the country so thanks again for digging them out and showing them off... Jim
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My understanding for these badges were that they were issued to the drafts of some of the University Companies that fed into the Regiment. I have only heard of maker marked badges. Can these badges be attributed to a particular manufacturer?
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Collars
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I am very happy to have them. Geoff |
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PPCLI pin back collars
My latest pair of collars. This set is in copper with pin back fasteners. No maker marks to these.
Geoff IMG_8498.jpg IMG_8499.jpg |
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Latest acquisition.
Height: 41 mm // 1 5/8 inches Width: 27 mm // 1 1/16 inches Maker marked: J.R. GAUNT LONDON Blade fasteners. I am assuming that this is an officer's cap badge given the size and blades. It is not mentioned in Cross. Any other thoughts? Phil
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Courtesy of The Canadian Forces: https://www.canada.ca/en/department-.../lineages.html Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur Hanlon's razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Last edited by Phillip Herring; 25-05-15 at 11:25 PM. |
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Nice badge. It is a true osd pattern from the looks of the finish.
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Hi Phil,
I have one of these and showed it to Lou Grimshaw, he agreed that it is an OSD badge, he thought from early in WW1. Mine has a JR Gaunt plate as opposed to the stamp. Cheers, Ian. |
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Also worth noting is the PPCLI embroidered titles being worn by the other ranks, and the other ranks wear the gl maple leaf collars.
The officers' pattern light infantry collars did not come into wear until November 1917, and were transitioned. As officers had to purchase their badges, many continued to wear the pattern they had acquired.
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Res ipsa loquitur Last edited by Bill A; 29-05-15 at 03:42 PM. |
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EDIT -I see Bill beat me to the punch, just above.
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Not to sound morose, but I wonder if Mullin is wearing the badges of an officer KIA. How common was it for newly commissioned officers, especially those CFR'd to acquire regimental kit from those officers with no need of it anymore. In Napoleonic times the unit would auction a dead man's possessions to raise money for the family.
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Bruce, I have seen osd tunics with more than one name in them, and I was told in one instance that the fellow was promoted from the ranks and could not afford a new service dress. It is quite possible that badges had a similar passage.
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