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Originally Posted by Nozzer
Morning JT,
Page 327 "History of the British Army collar badge" by Collin Churchill
"Although no Official record has been located it is believed that, in 1911 only, some officers wore on their Service Dress, the cap badge in bronze (Fig. 2007). It is also said that this pattern is known with the hart facing to the right. This pattern is known with the spelling 'Hartfordshire', the traditional spelling".
So, although Churchill doesn't illustrate either, I would love to know where he got his information and what evidence he had seen. He was certainly confident enough to publish it, but would that have been based on rumours alone?
Shown below a bronzed HERTFORDSHIRE officer badge with lugs (the same as Fig. 2007) and just for interest, an officers cap badge with the HARTFORDSHIRE spelling
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Yeah, I can see how frustrating it is: ‘
no official record’, ‘
it is believed that’, ‘
only some officers’, ‘
it is also said’. The absence of any citation is, to say the least, irritating. Without any ascribable reference, the reader can only conclude that the information is based entirely on hearsay, and perhaps only included by the author for the purposes of completeness should the collector ever encounter examples? You have to assume that any sources would have been specified were they available.
Undeniably interesting though. Kind of makes you want to hunt it down.
As an example of how these things can come about, I recall being told by a former Kensingtons NCO, of the unofficial, slightly-larger-than-standard-issue cap badge he and some of his fellow NCOs wore during their service. How/why these anomalies come into existence is in itself a separate subject of debate.
Regards to all,
JT
08-05-23, 04:06 PM
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