British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum

Recent Books by Forum Members

   

Go Back   British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum > Common Forums > It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification

 Other Pages: Galleries, Links etc.
Glossary  Books by Forum Members     Canadian Pre 1914    CEF    CEF Badge Inscriptions   Canadian post 1920     Canadian post 1953     British Cavalry Badges     Makers' Marks    Pipers' Badges  Canadian Cloth Titles  Books  SEARCH
 
Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 08-05-21, 11:16 AM
leigh kitchen's Avatar
leigh kitchen leigh kitchen is online now
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 9,034
Default Cast White Metal Sphinx with Slider.

Can anyone identify this sphinx badge please?
Of cast white metal it measures 38mm wide x 20mm high.

I can't identify this style of sphinx as being worn by any unit although it bears a resemblance to a Gordon Highlanders OSD collar badge I've seen an illustration of although that has a tail.

Theres no indication of any part of this badge having been removed or broken off.

A pagri or fez or a servants or mess waiters headress badge, a badge of a non- British unit, just a little fantasy piece?
Attached Images
File Type: jpg 20210508_115314~2.jpg (32.5 KB, 49 views)
File Type: jpg 20210508_115337~2.jpg (29.1 KB, 23 views)
File Type: jpg 20210508_115002~2.jpg (37.3 KB, 21 views)
File Type: jpg 20210508_115036~2.jpg (17.2 KB, 4 views)
File Type: jpg 20210508_115109~2.jpg (34.6 KB, 11 views)
File Type: jpg 20210508_115145~2.jpg (32.9 KB, 4 views)
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 10-05-21, 03:33 PM
cbuehler's Avatar
cbuehler cbuehler is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: San Francisco
Posts: 3,390
Default

It does not have typical Indian made features, particularly that British made slider. I don't know what it could be, but likely some fantasy piece.

CB
__________________
"We seldom learn the true want of what we have till it is discovered that we can have no more." Sam. Johnson
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 10-05-21, 04:26 PM
leigh kitchen's Avatar
leigh kitchen leigh kitchen is online now
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 9,034
Default

It's a strange one, with that good quality rather than locally made slider.
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 11-05-21, 10:07 AM
leigh kitchen's Avatar
leigh kitchen leigh kitchen is online now
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 9,034
Default

Some images showing more detail of the slider, it looks a little rougher in these but does look like a British badge slider, slightly tapered.
Attached Images
File Type: jpg Screenshot_20210505-203349_eBay~2.jpg (69.3 KB, 18 views)
File Type: jpg Screenshot_20210505-203355_eBay~2.jpg (72.7 KB, 30 views)
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 11-05-21, 02:01 PM
cbuehler's Avatar
cbuehler cbuehler is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: San Francisco
Posts: 3,390
Default

As a long time Indian Army collector, I have never seen a slider like that on any Indian badge. This of course does not make it impossible that is Indian, but....
I just can't think of any explanation for that badge.

CB
__________________
"We seldom learn the true want of what we have till it is discovered that we can have no more." Sam. Johnson
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 12-05-21, 12:12 PM
peter monahan peter monahan is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 2,406
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by cbuehler View Post
As a long time Indian Army collector, I have never seen a slider like that on any Indian badge. This of course does not make it impossible that is Indian, but....
I just can't think of any explanation for that badge.

CB
I have to agree. 'Indian made', which covers the whole subcontinent, almost invariably have thin cast 'lugs': small rectangular projections made as part of the original casting, with holes crudely bored in them. Occasionally, one finds Indian made with wire loops/lugs but I don't think I've ever seen one with a slider, and I've been looking at them off and on for 40 years.
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 12-05-21, 01:42 PM
JerryBB's Avatar
JerryBB JerryBB is online now
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Wales
Posts: 5,027
Default

Tutankhamun's Territorial's.
__________________
Regards,

Jerry
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 13-05-21, 01:14 PM
leigh kitchen's Avatar
leigh kitchen leigh kitchen is online now
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 9,034
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by JerryBB View Post
Tutankhamun's Territorial's.
Tut Tut Tut.
Attached Images
File Type: jpg Screenshot_20210513-141054_Chrome~2.jpg (97.7 KB, 10 views)
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 13-05-21, 06:45 PM
Luke H's Avatar
Luke H Luke H is offline
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Londoner in exile
Posts: 5,913
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by leigh kitchen View Post
Tut Tut Tut.
Haha 😂
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 14-05-21, 03:24 PM
leigh kitchen's Avatar
leigh kitchen leigh kitchen is online now
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 9,034
Default

"It's just gone noon half past monsoon on the banks of the River Nile" - possibly locally made in NI for this lot back in 1974?
Attached Images
File Type: jpg 20210514_160053~2.jpg (73.9 KB, 32 views)
Reply With Quote
  #11  
Old 14-05-21, 06:08 PM
cbuehler's Avatar
cbuehler cbuehler is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: San Francisco
Posts: 3,390
Default

Mystery solved!

CB
__________________
"We seldom learn the true want of what we have till it is discovered that we can have no more." Sam. Johnson
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

mhs link

All times are GMT. The time now is 01:02 PM.


Powered by: vBulletin
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.