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17-01-23, 10:32 AM
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Other ranks cap badges with blades
I have recently seen some other ranks cap badges with blades, in the past I have had the odd one, Australian General Service springs to mind but there seems to be several line Regiments with this type of fixing around.
Is this likely to be another ruse by the fakers to sell dodgy badges or is there a chance blades were actually fitted to bi-metal cap badges? Your thoughts appreciated. Rob 
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17-01-23, 11:00 AM
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Rob,
Other ranks Volunteer Artillery cap badges are the only ones I can recall with blades. However, Canadian badges often had them and they called them tangs. regards
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Simon Butterworth Manchester Regiment Collector Rank, Prize & Trade Badges British & Commonwealth Artillery Badges
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17-01-23, 11:17 AM
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OR's blades
Simon, thanks for confirming my thoughts on other ranks badges. Of course someone may have been repairing other ranks badges using blades instead of sliders and loops which of course should be fitted.
Rob
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17-01-23, 12:12 PM
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Here's an oddity I found a couple of years ago. REME officer's badge with lugs removed and fitted with blades. Why is beyond me!
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17-01-23, 07:24 PM
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17-01-23, 07:26 PM
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Those two above plus the Vol Artillery badge seem to point to blades being an option on privately ordered batches rather than the Regulars issue.
regards
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Simon Butterworth Manchester Regiment Collector Rank, Prize & Trade Badges British & Commonwealth Artillery Badges
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