SOME SCARCE WELSH STUFF AND CLOTH BADGES

[BROOKIES]

Just for your viewing please.

Already showed them to some collectors over in Barry on Thurs (badges only) thought would show the rest of the forum.

Ta

Jonathan

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[Mike B]

Originally Posted by BROOKIES

Just for your viewing please.

Already showed them to some collectors over in Barry on Thurs (badges only) thought would show the rest of the forum.

Ta

Jonathan

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Very nice - thanks for sharing
Mike

[CAM]

London Welsh ST - (envious).

Chris

[GriffMJ]

....any chance of a close up on the Dowler made VB The Welsh, Jonathan? Front & Back.

[BROOKIES]

There you go.

Jonathan

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[GriffMJ]

....lovely, diolch

[3dg]

Very nice Jonathan
Particularly like the Pembroke Yeomanry ?cadets?badge, it's an arm badge isn't it?

Chris

[JerryBB]

Lovely badges, more going on ebay?

[BROOKIES]

Originally Posted by 3dg

Very nice Jonathan
Particularly like the Pembroke Yeomanry ?cadets?badge, it's an arm badge isn't it?

Chris

That's right Chris.

Some cadet took it off his jumper to swop for a Royal Mons Engineers cap badge in the 1970's (was is better condition when he swapped it as washed it when got home !!!).

Ta

Jonathan

[BROOKIES]

Originally Posted by JerryBB

Lovely badges, more going on ebay?

Badges are remaining in the collection, only getting rid of the cloth stuff and all the postcards.

Ta

Jonathan

[JerryBB]

Thanks for clarifying that Jon.

[Toby Purcell]

Some superb badges Jonathan, thank you for sharing. How positive are you concerning the orientation of the RWF cloth helmet flash in red and blue?
I would expect the stripe to be worn horizontally similar to the Brigade of Guards equivalent and in line with the orientation of a stable belt. Otherwise it’s readily confused with a Royal Artillery flash.

[cbuehler]

The only flash that I am aware of that was actually worn on the FSH is the RWF grenade example to the right of the blue and red one in the photo. That is a later flat embroidered version that looks like the Boer War era cut down shoulder strap flashes and most likely Indian made as the vast majority of such Pagri flashes were.
That blue and red is one of the WW2 era rayon woven flashes. Most of those rayon flashes seem to have been authorized and made but never worn; the most common exceptions that were actually worn briefly are RAF or Corps such as RE, RAOC, RAMC and perhaps a couple more. The RA had their well known lozenge shaped red and blue flashes with metal insignia for wear on the Pagri even into WW2 to my knowledge, so would not be confused with this.

CB

[Toby Purcell]

Originally Posted by cbuehler

The only flash that I am aware of that was actually worn on the FSH is the RWF grenade example to the right of the blue and red one in the photo. That is a later flat embroidered version that looks like the Boer War era cut down shoulder strap flashes and most likely Indian made as the vast majority of such Pagri flashes were.
That blue and red is one of the WW2 era rayon woven flashes. Most of those rayon flashes seem to have been authorized and made but never worn; the most common exceptions that were actually worn briefly are RAF or Corps such as RE, RAOC, RAMC and perhaps a couple more. The RA had their well known lozenge shaped red and blue flashes with metal insignia for wear on the Pagri even into WW2 to my knowledge, so would not be confused with this.

CB

It might not be for a helmet, but for a slouch hat circa WW2. Both the 2nd and 1st Battalions fought in the Far East for most of the war (from Dunkirk onward) leaving the regiment’s TA battalions to fight in Western Europe exclusively.