Manchester territorial non voided badge

[Luke H]

Haha. Drink the other 3rd and you’ll see it then plus much, much more besides

[leigh kitchen]

Originally Posted by manchesters

I have always assumed, rightly or wrongly that the bi-metal non-voided badge was a wartime economy. I do not have any proof other than that they always seem to appear in WW1 period photos when seen.

It is often confused with the non-voided bronzed brass cap badge of the Manchester City Service Battalions, particularly in old black and white photos.

regards

I've checked the photo I have of a man wearing an unvoided cap badge and found that it had the battalion written on the card - 20th Bn, so it is the bronzed badge rather than bimetal unvoided.