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Old 04-07-20, 01:25 PM
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Can anyone help point me in the right direction over the first badge with the enamelled W and 50 on it plus with the grenade collar badges, I am pretty happy with the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers difference but what is the one with the Marine motto? Royal Marine Artillery? And for all 3 what sort of period are they from please?
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Technical note: I've removed the embedding image tags in the opening post as I don't think google allows their image hosting to be used in that way. (they block it from working - I don't know why) you will just have to click the links.
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I believe 3 (and 5) with ubique are Royal Artillery officers' bronzed collar badges.

4 - a guess from the design and motto (by land and sea) Royal Marine Artillery.

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The last one is Royal Engineers.

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Simon, Please help me understand the difference, because to me 3 and 5 look the same. I have never really understood the difference. I have also seen a smooth cannon ball version and figured it was Engineers?

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Old 04-07-20, 07:23 PM
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No 4 is a Royal Marine Artillery Officers Service Dress collar badge, worn from approx. 1918 to 1923

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Old 04-07-20, 07:36 PM
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Terry the Artillery have 7 Flames, Engineers have 9, you will see the extra 2 just above "Ubique" can't remember just why but will come to me, if not another Forum member will give it to you, cheers billy
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Old 04-07-20, 07:44 PM
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Simon, Please help me understand the difference, because to me 3 and 5 look the same. I have never really understood the difference. I have also seen a smooth cannon ball version and figured it was Engineers?

Thanks,

Terry

The Royal Engineers have an additional two flames at the front above the grenade and the Royal Artillery does not. So they have 9 flames and 7 flames respectively above Ubique.

Thank you all for the info so far
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Old 05-07-20, 12:43 AM
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I would like to see an album featuring all the varieties of grenade Arty and Engr collar badges. As well two sizes of officer pattern, there are also two sizes of the really small Australian OR badges.
It has never been clear to me just why the larger officer collar badges were worn in Australia post 1948 with both 'Ubique' and 'Australia' on the scroll. I have assumed 'Australia' was changed to 'Ubique' after 1952 but may be wrong.
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