Byron Scottish

[Lancer 17]

Hi Billy

Looking at the Jeff Cossum books on Aussie badges he list the 41st Infantry Battalion, the Byron Regiment (not Scottish) as being a Maltese Cross shaped badge in part 1 which covers 1930 to 1942 and subsequently in the part 3 book covering 1948 to 1985 at photo 315 on page 8 in the sub section covering 1948 to 1953 it shows your badge with a Kings Crown. It is listed as being White metal and no officers badge is listed.

There is no entry in the subsequent sub section covering 1953 to 1960, so the battalion had ceased to exist at or about the time of the adoption of the Queens Crown.

I would support Slick Mick re the use of silver officers badges, they just don't exist and where officers badges do exist they are enamelled rather than being silver.

There were some very rare WW1 large hat sized Rising Suns that were worn by officers and the WW1 nurses throat badge, is a collar sized Rising Sun can be in silver, I have 2 one just marked Silver and the other hallmarked Birmingham 1916. These are also very rare.

I hope that this helps.

Regards

Phil
Keep safe.

[billy]

Hi Phil would this be the Nurse's type :- in Silver and one in Brass (sweet-heart?) Cannot get the mark but appears to have been stamped then restamped or on top of something else was considering a personal number? I cannot see it I think stamp hss jumped and they have tried to restsmp but gone off? I think!

[Lancer 17]

Hi Billy

As BC has said, the two that you are showing are sweethearts with enamel, these were covered recently in another post under the Rising Sun thread.

What I was referring to are all silver, my descriptions are always precise as I spent 30 years writing reports for insurance claims. Therefore no reference to enamel means that there wasn't any.

That said , they are a nice pair of badges and thanks for showing them and also the very nice Byron Scottish.

Regards

Phil.

[fairlie63]

Originally Posted by Lancer 17

Hi Billy

Looking at the Jeff Cossum books on Aussie badges he list the 41st Infantry Battalion, the Byron Regiment (not Scottish) as being a Maltese Cross shaped badge in part 1 which covers 1930 to 1942 and subsequently in the part 3 book covering 1948 to 1985 at photo 315 on page 8 in the sub section covering 1948 to 1953 it shows your badge with a Kings Crown. It is listed as being White metal and no officers badge is listed.

There is no entry in the subsequent sub section covering 1953 to 1960, so the battalion had ceased to exist at or about the time of the adoption of the Queens Crown.

I would support Slick Mick re the use of silver officers badges, they just don't exist and where officers badges do exist they are enamelled rather than being silver.



I hope that this helps.

Regards

Phil
Keep safe.

41 Bn Byron Scottish became E Company of 1st Battalion Royal Queensland Regiment following the Pentropic reorganization of 1960, was eventually expanded to form 41st Battalion Royal New South Wales Regiment, and to the best of my knowledge is still on the ORBAT as such.

I suggest they wore the KC badge up until it was replaced by either a rising sun from 1960, or eventually the RQR or RNSWR badge, which ever came first before they were expanded to a battalion again.

Keith

[Lancer 17]

Hi Keith

Thanks for completing the story.

Regards

Phil.
Keep safe.