OSD cap badges

[grenadierguardsman]

Originally Posted by JBBOND

I assume this means nothing then?


"My reputation as one of the country's leading dealers is very important to me, and all items are original and come with a money back guarantee......

Rod Flood"

Perhaps a boycott of the site if they do not honor their promises of a money back guarantee would achieve satisfaction for the unhappy buyer.

Well put.
Andy

[Sawstonjohn]

I am pleased to say that an amicable solution has now been found between myself and Rod Flood.


Many thanks to those on the site for their advice and support


John

[Frank Kelley]

I'm pleased for you, it is never pleasant to find yourself in that sort of situation, my only other thoughts would have been on the subject of selling the badge in question, on ebay, I would not put that paragraph you wrote in post 19 on your ebay auction page, it would certainly not do anything for your own reputation as a seller.

Originally Posted by Sawstonjohn

I am pleased to say that an amicable solution has now been found between myself and Rod Flood.


Many thanks to those on the site for their advice and support


John

[R.J. Bradshaw]

Originally Posted by grenadierguardsman

Has Rod Flood got any evidence to prove this ?! Or indeed anyone else ?!
Andy

Yes, I found a note somewhere (I think it was Own Coetzee's book) which stated that all ranks were directed to paint all their badges and buttons in the field lest some sharp eyed Boer sniper pick out the glint of brass on the Veldt, and as such men were issued with small pots of Khaki or Bronze coloured paint to do this.

This is also evidential in the Canadian issue "Pickled" badges in later years which may have been prompted by similar practice during the second Boer War.

[KLR]

I was just about to write that they may have darkened their badges as they did in the near east and Egypt in the 1st WW. Though I've looked through photgraphs (of the KLR) in SA and only saw S&G / BM !

Officers Service Dress (OSD) was introduced by Army Orders (A.O.) 8 of 1902, and thereupon appear in DR 1904.

[Frank Kelley]

In the Army during the Anglo Boer War cap badges were worn on the field service cap, which was carried on campaign, with the helmet actually worn, by the time of the second invasion of the Cape, the appearance of Atkin's began to change with the slouch hat in common usage, you very seldom see photographic evidence of a badge upon them.
So I would ask where are all these khaki and bronze badges now and if it is true, why did this "direction" not extend to the SAMIF?

Originally Posted by R.J. Bradshaw

Yes, I found a note somewhere (I think it was Own Coetzee's book) which stated that all ranks were directed to paint all their badges and buttons in the field lest some sharp eyed Boer sniper pick out the glint of brass on the Veldt, and as such men were issued with small pots of Khaki or Bronze coloured paint to do this.

This is also evidential in the Canadian issue "Pickled" badges in later years which may have been prompted by similar practice during the second Boer War.