WW1 era Welsh Guards badge

[3dg]

Hello

Does anyone have WW1 era Welsh Guards cap badge (cap star?) that they could show me please? Are they any different to the later badges?
Also, does anyone have a WW1 era WG and leak shoulder title?


Thank you

[JerryBB]

Originally Posted by 3dg

Hello

Does anyone have WW1 era Welsh Guards cap badge (cap star?) that they could show me please? Are they any different to the later badges?
Also, does anyone have a WW1 era WG and leak shoulder title?


Thank you

The Welsh Guards used the same badge throughout their history the leek, though the fitting changed, early examples use two lugs and later examples used the slider seen on the every modern versions, though perhaps the earliest WWI versions also used a slider.

I don't have an early WG cap badge but do have an early WG & leek title.

[3dg]

Thank you for that, and the photo.

[Frank Kelley]

Good heavens Jerry,
You have rather surprised me, I would have thought that you, of all people, would have had a good number of them!
Kind regards Frank

Originally Posted by JBBOND

The Welsh Guards used the same badge throughout their history the leek, though the fitting changed, early examples use two lugs and later examples used the slider seen on the every modern versions, though perhaps the earliest WWI versions also used a slider.

I don't have an early WG cap badge but do have an early WG & leek title.

[Frank Kelley]

I am afraid that they have always been a mystery to me, you find examples that on first glance appear quite old, both die cast and die struck, on sliders and lugs.

[Frank Kelley]

Then, you will get people who start talking about the shape of the roots and how spread out the leek is, all a complete mystery!

[GriffMJ]

This might be a good candidate for a 1916 WG? Looks like its had a "last 3" stamped on the slider ...

[JerryBB]

Originally Posted by Frank Kelley

I am afraid that they have always been a mystery to me, you find examples that on first glance appear quite old, both die cast and die struck, on sliders and lugs.

And me Frank, though I do have two now along with the AA I already had. No idea on dating these, probably both WWII ish.

[Frank Kelley]

Hello Jerry,
Glad to see you have a couple, their badges are funny things really, but, they were worn, so I suppose any collector needs to have examples of them.
Kind regards Frank