Artists Rifles - A Study.

[irish]

Originally Posted by Jelly Terror

Jack,

A little difficult for me to see clearly, but has your badge perhaps had black paint applied to it? If so, any finer details may have been obscured.

It does look as though painted.

[irish]

Originally Posted by ubervamp

Jack

The bronzed bottom row left looks iffy. Minerva doesn't have the infamous protruding chin, but the eyeball doesn't bode well, I think.
I'm sure others more in the know will correct me if I'm wrong.

Cheers

Colin

Thank you Colin, the chin and jowl do look a bit rounded. Jack.

[ubervamp]

Jack

A non-protruding chin is a good sign! There was a thread on here about the eyeball-issue , but I can't find it. I'll post a link when I do!

Colin

[Jelly Terror]

Originally Posted by ubervamp

Jack

A non-protruding chin is a good sign! There was a thread on here about the eyeball-issue , but I can't find it. I'll post a link when I do!

Colin

http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/for...7036&highlight

http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/for...9363&highlight

http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/for...4653&highlight

http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/for...3725&highlight

[irish]

Originally Posted by ubervamp

Jack

The bronzed bottom row left looks iffy. Minerva doesn't have the infamous protruding chin, but the eyeball doesn't bode well, I think.
I'm sure others more in the know will correct me if I'm wrong.

Cheers

Colin

Am noticing the eyeball difference.

[JerryBB]

An unusual all Gm example without the cutout among the hair but it was considered good when I showed it when first I got it.

[Jelly Terror]

Originally Posted by JBBOND

An unusual all Gm example without the cutout among the hair but it was considered good when I showed it when first I got it.

No voiding whatsoever on that example, Jerry. Good to see. Thanks for posting.

[Tommo]

Sorry to hijack the thread, however, I have an Artists Rifles (163/164 OCTU) BD set with MC and Italy star, badged to a Captain however looks like the third pip has been added late/post war. I've contacted the regimental museum with no response, how could I find out who it belonged to?

[monty]

OSD with "Gaunt plate"

[Frank Kelley]

That would be Mars rather than Minerva!

Originally Posted by fwhittle

I picked up an Artists badge at Malvern, the slider has been removed, lugs fitted and a pipe inseted in Minerva's mouth. The whole thing has then been silver plated. Some sort of presentation peice I would think ?

[leigh kitchen]

Not necessarily.......

[Frank Kelley]

Really, a brief glance at the photographs in post fifteen suggests otherwise.

Originally Posted by leigh kitchen

Not necessarily.......

[leigh kitchen]

Originally Posted by Frank Kelley

Really, a brief glance at the photographs in post fifteen suggests otherwise.

And so it does, pity you didn't post the ref to that post or otherwise elaborate, would've saved me posting. I remembered as far back as post no. 24 which indicates that Minerva may have been a rough old bird. Really. Rough.