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Green Howards cap badge - dating?
I have seen Green Howards cap badges being sold variously as "WW1" or "WW2".
I would be interested to know how is it possible to date such a cap badge, e.g. the one attached? |
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The badge you show is the pattern worn from 1908 to 1952. The only one that could be accurately dated to WW2 is the version with the KC and the non-voided "A".
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This badge design was worn from circa 1907 into the 1950s. Before that the Brodrick cap was worn with the round Victorian version. https://greenhowards.org.uk/brodrick-cap/
It's design remained unchanged until it was replaced by the shorter 1950s version. There was a plastic economy version circa 1944 and a WW2 era version which was made with a crown rather than the coronet. So you have a start and an end date and periods when plastic or crown versions were also worn but there is no way to tell just how old it is or from which war. Alan Last edited by Alan O; 15-02-19 at 04:02 PM. |
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Appreciated, most helpful! I wondered if I was missing anything when looking at apparently identical badges being variously described as WW1 or WW2. It seems that I was not. Thank you!
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There were two earlier Patterns of this badge but what you have is Pattern 4694A/1903 authorised on 3rd Oct 1003. It was modified on 20 Nov 1905 with the slider moved to the centre of the badge (as is yours). This was worn up to 27 Jul 1950 when it was superseded by Pattern 14398/1950 – the smaller version.
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