This weekends cloth pickups

[jim a]

Picked up a large lot of cloth this weekend and being that I'm a rookie when it comes to shoulder flashes I'm wondering how I did.I've picked out what I think would be the highlights... comments always welcomed Jim

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[Bill A]

Hello Jim, A nice selection of mostly pre-unification shoulder titles. The Canadian Scottish (the one with "THE") is for the 2nd Bn Canadian Scottish, circa 1943 and is somewhat scarce. What is the backing on the Sherbrooke Fusilier Regiment title? If it is a black cotton glued it may be a reunion piece.
The Irish Regiment title is for the 2nd Bn Irish Regiment. The colour of the embroidery was changed from a gold colour used by the first Battalion to a buff colour when the Regiment was re-activated in Sudbury as the 2nd Bn. The First Hussars in the second post is likely a reunion title as well.
What does the back of the VIII Recee look like? They have been repro'd. And the backing on the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa MG, what is the backing?
The fully embroidered titles (Black Watch, Lake Superior Scottish) are recent issue. The Black Watch is cadet issue, and may have been worn on the Garrison Dress. The Lake Sup's was a workdress title.
The Edmonton Fusiliers worsted title was the SWW issue. Some of these types are very hard to find, while others are very common.
The 7/11 Hussars appears to be a Brit pattern, and that would make it SWW. And the Seaforth with the serifs is also likely wartime. (The backing on it?)
The rest of the lot are mostly the post war battle dress titles.

[jim a]

Bill... top down Sherbrooke,8th ,Seaforth

[Bill A]

Hi Jim, If you can, could you separate the backing from the front material? Eg, peel back a bit on the back. If there is a flimsy/fluffy white material, the titles are not SWW. They are likely reunion items.

[Bill A]

I should have added this point. Generally speaking, if the backing material is glued on over the back of the title, without the letter embroidery coming through the backing material is a sign of a reproduction or reunion piece.

[RQMS CBH]

Bill what are your thoughts on these.

[Bill A]

Sorry? As in authentic?

[RQMS CBH]

These are from a long time collector, who recently passed. He had a very large collection of shoulder titles, Are these authentic / scarce (I know the Garrison cap badges are pretty pricey) Also some other quick pics of some of his badges for your review / opinion please.

[Tanker Mike]

Are these Garrison flashes authentic?

[Bill A]

My apologies RQMS CBH. For some reason I missed your April 13th post of nearly a year ago. It is really difficult to determine authenticity from images, but they do look okay from what I can see. Usually, the back of the titles tells more than the obverse.
The First and Second Garrison titles are not that scarce and tend to be over-valued by people who do not collect cloth. Halo effect from the badges.
In the other images, from what I can see, there is nothing that stands out as troubling, but the images are far from ideal. The red Royal Newfoundland is an interesting title.