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Devonshire Regiment collar or sweetheart badge?
A new purchase, its die pressed just like a 1916 economy or collar badge, if it ever had lugs they have been lost with the addition of the brooch fitting.
The size (34mm x 34mm) does match fig 369 page 64 in Churchill but its voided and doesn't appear to ever have been blackened. Is it just a sweetheart brooch? any thoughts welcome. Rob |
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No one?
Must be a tricky question. Rob |
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Rob,
I am just guessing here but didn't some other regiments have FSH / Pagri (one of the many spellings) badges with pin fittings? Chris |
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Hi Chris
Thank you, I hadn't thought of that but its a possibility. Rob |
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I have never seen a Devons before in that size, but it is not a Pagri badge. The catch for the pin looks possibly to be a lug that was modified by cutting half off and bending the remainder?
CB
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Hi CB
I could be made from a lug but it seems to be too flat and close to the surface to have been converted in situ? It seems strange that there aren't more of these around considering the expense in making the dies? Rob |
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