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30-08-20, 04:57 AM
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Long lugs on it, an officer's insignia?
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30-08-20, 08:10 AM
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Now you mention it (and now I've been up a few hours and had heavy leaded coffee - the whole thing's a blurred strike.
Did Marsh have some of his wares produced chromed or is that liable to be someone else's doing?
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30-08-20, 06:23 PM
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If described more correctly as ‘The Royal Arms’ the device had and has a wide variety of uses well beyond the General Service Corps/List. Some explanations and examples of military applications are in my album.
https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...p?albumid=3424 However, a chromed example could have been worn by uniformed civilians working for official bodies such as chauffeurs, court ushers, council office doormen etc. Worn on caps and on lapels, also possibly worn by civilian marching bands. Tim
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01-09-20, 07:52 PM
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I've got a curious 'royal arms' badge in 15c hallmarked gold. Looks so much like a brass GS collar I nearly missed it. I'll add a photo or two tomorrow. I think when I weighed it it came to £150 scrap gold!
When I show you this you'll all be double checking those General Service Corps collars!
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#8
02-09-20, 03:53 PM
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Doesn't look like there is much interest it this topic, Think I'm a true contrarian badge lover, I think the Royal Arms badges are a beautiful design. About 80% of the infantry badges don't match it.
To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour That's Blake's ode to the few that can get a bigger kick out of a WW1 GSC badge than the SF collector gets out of his £1000 SAS piece of cloth.  Anyway not GSC this - as the hallmark I think is 1901 so a reserve regiment item?    
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02-09-20, 04:01 PM
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The maker mark to the reverse of the unicorn looks like 'R.E.' but could be something else, perhaps three letters with the first letter missing?
7 grams weight scrap price today for 15c is £27.18 per g so about £190 ish.
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02-09-20, 04:04 PM
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Are the "views" not notching?
I'm interested and viewing - I "need" a Royal Reserve Regiment officer's badge, that one's rather nice. 1901 hallark? That's an early usage of Kings Crown then.
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02-09-20, 04:18 PM
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Yes the hallmark is Birmingham, lower case 'b' date letter which is 1901. I have a silver version which I think is 1902 - I'll have a look....
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02-09-20, 04:22 PM
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And a silver one? So you don't really need that gold one then?
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02-09-20, 05:00 PM
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Quote:
Just pulled it off the board and photographed it - same maker and dies by the looks of it - Birmingham with date letter 'b' again? These are too early for GSC oficers but also worn by officers on the 'general list' ? I know we've had this conversation before regarding General Service Corps/Reserve Regiment/General List. One of these days I'll remember some of it.    
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#14
02-09-20, 05:02 PM
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There's a matching die flaw on the lion's back (the lion on top of the crown)
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02-09-20, 05:06 PM
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I hadn't noticed - need a desktop instead of a phone......
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