K.O.S.B good or bad? - British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum

3dg · #1 26-08-16, 09:29 AM

Hello good people, this badge was in a box of old buttons, is it any good? Thanks for your time. 14722032857671974692546.jpg

Unknownsoldier · #2 26-08-16, 09:55 AM

I like it,

Looks like my example.

Tom

3dg · #3 26-08-16, 11:42 AM

Thank you, not bad for 50p at a car boot!!

3dg · #4 26-08-16, 12:22 PM

Does anyone have examples of Queen Elizabeth crown white metal and officers silver or silver plate K.O.S.B badges that they would not mind sending photos of please, thanks again for your time

Unknownsoldier · #5 26-08-16, 01:25 PM

Here you og my QC.

Apologies on the pictures they were uploaded right way up :/

dubaiguy · #6 26-08-16, 02:43 PM

Does anyone know if the rounded shape of the motto scroll that carries the word DOMINUS on 3DG’s badge is significant? Is it just a maker’s variation or for a particular cap – e.g. Kilmarnock bonnet?

I have a number of KOSB badges and they all have a flatish DOMINUS scroll except one. My rounded scroll example is a fretted badge. It’s in the middle of the old scan of KOSB badges I took some time ago. The only reference I can find for this particular shape is KK 239 (which also appears fretted in KK). KK write it up as a post 1891 KOSB cloth helmet badge that was later used on the Kilmarnock bonnet in 1904. (The later KC version being shown). Though mine doesn't appear ever to have helmet fitments.

I ask because there is a very obvious QVC KOSB fake with the round DOMINUS scroll that is seen regularly on eBay. I got caught out with it myself years ago and I'm therefore suspicious of any with a rounded bottom scroll unless KK 239.

fougasse1940 · #7 28-08-16, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by 3dg

Hello good people, this badge was in a box of old buttons, is it any good? Thanks for your time. Attachment 154993

Don't think it is any good. The rounded dominus scroll and seven arrow loops or oillets on the castle are all officers badges traits, versus a concave dominus scroll and three arrow loops on other ranks badges, and all badges have voids in the crest between the crown and lion. There are plenty of these for sale on Ebay at any time, and in different metals, and I believe these to be restrikes from an officers die at best.

Rgds, Thomas.