unknown cap badge WW1 era

[Sonofacqms]

Excellent, I am sure collectors on this forum would be prepared to pay a fair price if they are interested in the photo.

Fees on ebay are not that cheap and the classifieds are a free service.

Rob

[Alan O]

In my opinion it is a 1915 era studio photo of a Welsh regiment soldier who has joined one of the new service battalions. He has the Regular army uniform but the leather belt issued to the New Army in lieu of 1908 webbing. He is not TF as he lacks the TF S/T. His uniform is the wrong pattern for VTC.

This badge has been discussed on GWF Forum as well and it's possible it is an affection of the Welsh Division or potentially a generic Welsh training cap badge before they were posted to the Welsh or RWF.

Alan

[JerryBB]

Originally Posted by Sonofacqms

Excellent, I am sure collectors on this forum would be prepared to pay a fair price if they are interested in the photo.

Fees on ebay are not that cheap and the classifieds are a free service.

Rob

I also collect pc's, especially of the great war with a welsh interest, I would be interested if it is offered for sale, price depending

[cbuehler]

Just a stab in the dark here, but could it be that the scroll with the German "Ich Dien" was perhaps not in great favor at the time?

CB

[leigh kitchen]

I hadn't thought of that, you could be right.

[DougSA]

Originally Posted by JerryBB

I also collect pc's, especially of the great war with a welsh interest, I would be interested if it is offered for sale, price depending

Hi Jerry

Feel free to PM me with what you consider to be a fair offer

[DougSA]

Originally Posted by Sonofacqms

Excellent, I am sure collectors on this forum would be prepared to pay a fair price if they are interested in the photo.

Fees on ebay are not that cheap and the classifieds are a free service.

Rob

Now sold to a Forum member.

[JerryBB]

a portrait style crop of him, is that a welsh st and are the buttons p of W feathers or gs?

[JerryBB]

the full image without multiple wm's

[Toby Purcell]

In a recent photo in the Great War Forum what seemed to be a trumpeter of the Glamorgan Yeomanry was wearing the exact same cap badge of PoW feathers without scrolls.

[Alan O]

Toby

Thanks for showing that. It appears that some of the other badges have had their lower scroll removed as well. Perhaps it is some sort of fashion thing akin to the splitting on chinstraps so they pass over and under cap badges?

Alan

[leigh kitchen]

Not much to do with WWI, but a 1950's/60's dated beret badged to the 10th Hussars with an officers silver or silver plated badge with the scrolls missing, presumably one or both accidentally snapped off rather than both deliberately removed.

[Luke H]

I suspect it’s the Lambourne die Glam Yeo.

If memory serves Alan you picked up such a badge from this die doctored in an identical way a year or two ago?

[Alan O]

Yes indeed. However the man in Jerry's post earlier is not wearing Yeomanry S/Ts so he is not a Yeoman so the practice seems to be wider than the Glamorgan Yeomanry.

[Toby Purcell]

Originally Posted by Alan O

Toby

Thanks for showing that. It appears that some of the other badges have had their lower scroll removed as well. Perhaps it is some sort of fashion thing akin to the splitting on chinstraps so they pass over and under cap badges?

Alan

I’m not sure Alan, if it was fashion I think they’d all do it. The fact that just some did suggests it had a specific purpose. Perhaps to mark out some function/role. Decidedly odd whatever the reason and surely categorised as wilfully damaging public property unless endorsed as for a reason.