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Old 31-01-12, 05:52 PM
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Default 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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Old 31-01-12, 07:19 PM
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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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I just picked up this lovely pair of matching gilt collars out of the UK (thanks to eBay).

Geoff
They will be in the post today (you bought them from me !) - nice to see them going to a fellow forum member

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Old 01-02-12, 12:16 PM
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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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Old 01-02-12, 02:55 PM
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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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Old 01-02-12, 04:37 PM
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They will be in the post today (you bought them from me !) - nice to see them going to a fellow forum member

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Thanks Paul,

I am very happy to have them.

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Old 12-07-12, 03:00 PM
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Default PPCLI pin back collars

My latest pair of collars. This set is in copper with pin back fasteners. No maker marks to these.

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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?

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Old 25-05-15, 10:30 PM
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Nice badge. It is a true osd pattern from the looks of the finish.
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Old 26-05-15, 08:13 PM
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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.

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Old 29-05-15, 01:54 AM
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Here is a picture of both styles of collar dogs in use; as near as I can tell this is the investiture in London for Lt Mullin, VC (2nd left). The officer on the left is the CO, Lt Col Stewart. Mullin's action for which he was awarded the VC was as a Sgt, and he was commissioned after Passchendaele.
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Old 29-05-15, 11:51 AM
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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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Old 29-05-15, 12:55 PM
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Hi Guys,

There are most certainly collars which were issued to officers.
Just a gentle reminder that officers purchased their own clothing and insignia.

EDIT -I see Bill beat me to the punch, just above.
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Old 29-05-15, 05:43 PM
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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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Old 29-05-15, 09:15 PM
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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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