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Old 04-04-15, 06:01 AM
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Default 3 new Rising Suns

hi all
just picked up 3 new rising suns.
1, the hat badge with blades and no makers mark.
2,the gilt collar with firmin tab.
3, smaller badge, not sure what it was used for if it was officially worn however with lugs.
any thoughts on these welcome
bc
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Old 04-04-15, 10:02 AM
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Hey BC, you done good too. Rising Suns all around. Sorry I cant help with the small ones or the KC with blades. Can you re do the 3rd photo with some better light ?

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Old 04-04-15, 11:57 AM
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A fine group of Rising Suns. Did the British manufacturers of this badge have an existing contract to make these when war broke out or was there a shortfall in the number needed. I assume these were being made in Australia concurrent with other manufacturers abroad?
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Old 05-04-15, 05:33 AM
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Some more nice looking badges......and a bit different. Well done!

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Old 05-04-15, 07:47 AM
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A fine group of Rising Suns. Did the British manufacturers of this badge have an existing contract to make these when war broke out or was there a shortfall in the number needed. I assume these were being made in Australia concurrent with other manufacturers abroad?
G'day Irish.

Hope that you enjoyed the Guinness or 2 !!

The Rising Suns were made by a whole lot of manufacturers Tiptaft named theirs there is also one with a slider (UK made) without a name, I saw one last Sunday on a very battered genuine WW 1 slouch hat, the hat had seen better days but the badge was still a real gem. The hat had a small slot for the slider to go through but no holes for the normal 2 lugs, so the badge has been on the hat for 100 years! I didnt photo it at the time but will in due course, its at a small museum not far from home thats run by friends, It came with a leather Turkish set of 3 ammo pouchs, as in all 3 joined together, I will photo that also .

There are several named Aussie made RS's and many that were not named. All WW 1 & 2 RS's have Australian Commonwealth Military Forces, any that dont were made post 1948.

I hope that this helps.

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I've been entertaining myself by bringing a few old threads back to life.

Here are a couple of my badges, which appear to be from the same manufacturer. I believe they're British manufactured and have very sharp and crisp detail and both of mine have a black lacquer or similar (particularly the bottom one).

Any ideas as to the manufacturer?

A particularly nice badge.

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Old 13-07-20, 10:58 AM
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hey Dan
yep they look to be the same manufacturer.
english made, that's all i know.

here's another 2 that arrived the other day
1 is a WW2 Amore sydney maker marked
the other having the unusual fold over lugs
anyone know anything about the second badge?
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Old 14-07-20, 04:34 AM
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I've been entertaining myself by bringing a few old threads back to life.

Here are a couple of my badges, which appear to be from the same manufacturer. I believe they're British manufactured and have very sharp and crisp detail and both of mine have a black lacquer or similar (particularly the bottom one).

Any ideas as to the manufacturer?

A particularly nice badge.

Dan
G'day fromelles

I'd agree with BC, these are most probably of English manufacture by the fact that they have "blades" as used on English officers OSD badges.

The 2 voids at the left and right hand ends act as a signature and whilst the maker remains unknown the badges with the same shaped voids can be grouped together.

Two very nice badges, well done.

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Can someone list the Australian manufacturers and the dates/periods they supplied RS badges- also the finish of the badges, does colour of badge relate to period? Were Tiptaft and Lambournes the only UK manufacturers who marked their badges? Regards, Paul.
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