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Hampshire Volunteer Battalion Cap Badge
Hi Gents,
Opinions on this one please, Hampshire 1st-4th Volunteer Battalion cap badge in white metal with a clipped slider and three sweat holes one behind the slider, with a nice crisp strike. I am looking to pass this badge on if it is good, as I do not collect volunteer cap badges. Picked this up a few years ago at Wimborne market. Thanks, Colin. |
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You appear to have a chromed badge which underneath will be the standard BM Hants badge.
It’s genuine but nothing to do with a V.B. |
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Hi Luke,
Does not seem to be heavenly chromed, is it a standard badge due to it being two parts brazed together, so volunteer battalion in white metal one strike. Was this worn by the band or NCOs Many thanks, Colin. |
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Cloin,
The camera plays tricks with metal colours so can you tell me if the 'crimped' slider (not clipped) is brass or is silver like the badge? regards
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Simon Butterworth Manchester Regiment Collector Rank, Prize & Trade Badges British & Commonwealth Artillery Badges |
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Luke is correct, it’s not a VB badge as all the various Hampshire’s were distictive and unique. The WW1 VTC did wear an all whitemetal version but it was a single stamping with no overlay.
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As Keith says the V.B.’s wore unique badges, some were the basic Cat & Cabbage design but had additional scrolls with their battalion title.
The 1st was in GM with the extra scroll at the bottom of the badge. I’ve seen a 2nd with the V.B. scroll above the ‘Hampshire’ one. None of these have overlaid Hampshire scrolls. Others - 3rd and 4th - if memory serves, were totally different designs, former being similar to the later TF 6th Bn in design but a longer scroll to accommodate the battalion title and latter a star surmounted by a QVC. |
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That’s correct Luke. Then the 4th wore the dog gague and 5th were Isle of Wight with Carisbrooke Castle featured. |
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Nice badges Keith.
I’d actually forgotten the larger dog gague one. When I posted I had the one in the link in mind, which does have a small dog gague centre: https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...04&postcount=8 Is the small one an fsc I presume? |
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The WW1 Hampshire VTC badge, clearly a one piece strike.
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I would agree. It's not a volunteer badge but a standard one that has been plated.
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Rather superfluous after all above, but nevertheless on this page all the designs are to be seen here in a neat row:
Hampshire - Isle of Wight Edit: repaired the link!
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Henk Interested in the lineage of the unit your badge represents? Try: Regimental lineages Last edited by Wmr-RHB; 20-10-21 at 08:41 AM. |
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The link to regimental lineages is excellent, many thanks for this.
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I will be happy to receive them. There is clearly a gap there for the IOW.
And I never was sure if the one that is there for the 4th is a cap badge (which I prefer) or a HP.; I will send you a PM with mu e-mail address.
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Henk Interested in the lineage of the unit your badge represents? Try: Regimental lineages |
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