Royal Engineers Submarine Miners QVC HP

[BROOKIES]

Afternoon all.

Just thought would load up some images as maybe of interest to RE collectors.

Ta

Jonathan

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[manchesters]

Jonathon,

Looks to me like a modern copy by International Militaria?

Its certainly not as an original should be with loops the same material as the plate.

regards

[BROOKIES]

Thanks Simon.

If you can show me an image of your genuine one then I will go back to the original seller/auction that I bought it from over 10 years ago.

I will send it to them to sell it for me (still have the invoice/sale notice/receipt so will be in a strong position if they agree that it's not genuine and can get my money back).

Ta

Jonathan

[manchesters]

If its 10 years ago it wont be an International Militaria one, but its very much like the ones he punts out to a variety of Regiments in a variety of different types of badges.

That leaves the other option that at some point in its later life it has been plated in nickel silver or even chrome.

regards

[Britbadge]

Ouch!

[WE3305]

I couldn’t comment as to whether yours is original or not. I can only give my opinion and I’m not a fan of the unicorn in particular. Although I’ve seen a few similar Engineer Vols helmet plates with this style. Attached are images of what I would prefer to see in my own collection. One is from a Facebook post by the RE Museum. I can’t remember where I got the other from. Thanks for sharing your images. Always good to see others collections and open these things up for discussion.