WW1 KOYLI cap badge

[Tweed]

Good afternoon Gentlemen,
I just wanted to share with a new cap badge I had been looking for, I believe it to be a WW1 cap badge in great contrition made by the company Firmin,
Kind regards Chay

[Tweed]

I have learnt a lot thanks to this forum and my collection is quite large now

[grenadierguardsman]

I can't see a makers mark ? how do you know its made by Firmin ?
Andy

[Tweed]

Good evening Andy,
It's because of the shape this type is made by Firmin because I have quite a few and I have been able to identify unmarked badges, also it took me a while to find this example. I have a family group to a KOYLI soldier killed first day of the Somme and in the group was the same cap badge but with no slider.
Kind regards Chay

[KLR]

I certainly agree that Firmin badges are identifiable.
At least - I can spot a Firmin KLR a mile off (but sorry, wouldn't have a clue about KOYLI !).
Once you find a Firmin marked badge (officers) then you can recognise the ORs as they used exactly the same design. There are, to be sure, badges that look like Firmin but are given away by poor quality. Gaunt for example are quite distinctive for their 1896 officer's badges but I have never seen a KLR ORs badge with the same characteristics.
For the 1926 King's Pattern - both makers are quite recognisable.
I'm slowly beginning to recognise some Jennens and Lambourne issues too.

[Mike H]

I managed to identify a number of blank slidered anodised badges. I think that the only one i didnt manage to identify was an RAVC badge.
Of course you will always find examples that defy identification .

[Tweed]

Thank you Gentlemen,
I having some interesting discoveries at the moment in the field of collecting British Canadian New Zealand and australian cap badges.
Kind regards Chay