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Old 03-04-22, 04:51 PM
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Default Crowned !
Who lost the crown.....

(actually Pattern 11390/1939, made by Gaunt.)


There are quite a number of Lpl Irish crownless badges
... it is thought that republican Irish wore the badge but removed the (English) crown

Any comments ?


I have of two of this one and another 1908 version without crown


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Old 03-04-22, 05:19 PM
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Old 03-04-22, 06:10 PM
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This was probably what happened to my Donegal Militia . . !

It took me years to find a suitable crown.

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Old 03-04-22, 06:13 PM
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And just why would a Republican enlist in the first place? Seems a bit far fetched. I can't imagine a conscripted man being allowed by the RSM to get away with this adulteration. This is a WW2 badge and Irish Independence was in 1922 so any WW2 conscript could easily have got on the ferry to Dublin to avoid being drafted into the Army.
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I don't think for one minute the crowns were removed during the owners military service.
Done at a later date by original owners or relative.
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Old 03-04-22, 08:12 PM
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There are pictures out there with the crowns missing and being worn on caps, I'm just trying to think whose got one thought.
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Old 04-04-22, 02:38 PM
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I think Alan is surely right
Tony may well be too

"I don't think for one minute the crowns were removed during the owners military service.
Done at a later date by original owners or relative."

As I noted, I have also a Pattern 1908 Lpl Irish without crown [I've seen others] - when, of course, Ireland was part of GB !
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Old 04-04-22, 06:29 PM
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I have read somewhere that in WWII Free French paratroopers wore the Parachute Regiments cap badge minus the crown, there is an example in Len Whittakers book of a Parachute Regiments cap badge with the wings shortened, crown removed and a US star added which was worn by Jedburghs.

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I have a "Jedburgh wing", bought in a junk shop in Peterborough years ago, but being just a Para Regt badge with its dog in a basket removed......
Then again, it may not have a star on it.
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This is true but they were French and not a British regiment.

Not sure that there was French contingent in the 8th King's.
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Alan, this is intriguing ! can you expand on "French contingent" in the 8th King's - as 8th indicated before 1881 !?
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It's irony - there was not one so there would not be any French paratroopers cutting the crowns off 8th King's badges.
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It's irony - there was not one so there would not be any French paratroopers cutting the crowns off 8th King's badges.





We did thought that it was an iron badge...
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So gave it the hoof?
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