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Badge,trade, runner,WW1...
http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib...d%2520insignia
First World War period British Army badge worn by the runners of 7th Battalion, The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Rectangular khaki cloth badge (125mm x 130mm).
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Well, how odd!!
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I would have spent days trying to figure out what that was and assumed it was something to do with the Isle of Man.
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Is this a wind-up?
Not 1st April is it? The badge looks just too neat, tidy, weird colours ........... And where would it be worn on the uniform? And why bother: a coloured armband would be much more distinctive and visible. Because runners were needed to run backwards as well as forwards and sideways, they had to be distinguishable to NCOs and officers "at a glance". A man wearing such a badge might be recognised by his own unit, but not by any other. We need to know the provenance of this badge before accepting it in good faith, do we not? |
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This is a genuine example of a 7th bn runners badge, the Bn wore a series of Kentish Grey cloth patches for its HQ A coy B coy C coy D coy as described and illustrated by its colonel Anstruthur in the regimental newspaper The Queens Own Gazette after the Great war
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regards
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Simon Butterworth Manchester Regiment Collector Rank, Prize & Trade Badges British & Commonwealth Artillery Badges |
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