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Old 17-02-16, 05:03 PM
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There is a bi-metal officers badge on display in the Tank Museum at Bovington. There are matching collars as well. I am not sure what order of dress but I think its likely that it was ceremonial.
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Old 18-02-16, 08:12 AM
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Hi, there are dress regulations for, I think, 1925 which call for a bi-metal officers cap badge, but it stipulates collar badge size, from memory it actually says "shilling size". The bi-metallic full size badge does turn up in collections but I think it is a fantasy badge. It is usually just lost wax gilded, again I think it was the same guy who in the 70's made all the Tank Corps variants. I would be more than pleased to be proved wrong but the quality and lack of any evidence tends to mitigate against it, best wishes Mike
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Old 18-02-16, 08:44 AM
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This thread shows another officers badge

http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/for...k+corps&page=1

I have yet to see a genuine Silver and Gilt example (that's not to say they don't exist), however I would guard against assuming that the fact that a museum has one on display is confirmation of their existence!

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Old 28-04-17, 07:43 AM
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Hello Simon,
Do you think there are no original Tank Corps badges with this type of Gaunt oval cartouche?
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IMHO its pure fantasy, but someone has gone to a lot of work to produce it.

Dont like the Gaunt plaque thats cast into the rear rather than being applied and would expect blades on it.

All in all its a no-no from me.

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Old 28-04-17, 01:00 PM
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So original badges with that oval cartouche are actually extant then?

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They've used an original badge to make the mould which has the maker Mark cast in, it is not a separate tablet soldered on and is the same place on the originals.
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Old 28-04-17, 01:31 PM
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See post 30, it's an OSD cap badge but has a post fitted for use on a picture frame rather than blades, I also have 3 OSD collars to match.
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Old 29-04-17, 03:09 PM
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Okay, so these were produced for wear by officers of the Tank Corps and are not simply something that appeared in the early 1970's?
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