Warwickshire Imperial Yeomanry

[Luke H]

Surprisingly after a decade there still doesn’t seem to be a thread on the badges of the Warwickshire Imperial Yeomanry.

Does anyone have a known genuine badge to show?

The third attached image is of a yeomanry article which shows badges in the collection of renowned yeomanry collector Keith Hook.

I recently bought the attached GM badge shown based on the photo of Badge 3 in the article in the hope it’s a genuine IY badge. Does anyone have an opinion on if this is an IY badge and if it’s genuine?

Although the bear’s eyes look like he’s done a shift in a glue factory I feel there are many good points about the badge. Firstly this badge is very different from the common fakes and seldom seen. The proportions of the limbs are better and fur much finer. Additionally the badge is a good strike with nice thickness.

I’m quietly confident it’s genuine but if not feel free to shatter my dream as it only cost £1.71.

Also note Badge 1 is from the same die as the Warwickshire IY badge illustrated in K&K, however, Keith Hook identifies it as a slouch hat badge. After much scouring of the interweb I found only a single picture of a badge from this die which was in silver.

Any comments welcome.