Andy
Attached are a couple of pics of the badge of the RMLC that I have. I bought it a few years ago from a dealer in Canada. The striking on the front of our badges look the same and the main difference is that mine has lugs while yours has a slider, albeit mine seems to have had at least one if not both lugs repaired, there is no sign of it ever having been fitted with a slider. The badge is very strong even around the base of the ship and it is in brass (have attached a 2nd pic of the front to emphasise the yellow colour compared to the front & back pic) as stated in K&K (Fig 1098). I have also attached a front and back pic of a badge I saw on the internet a few years ago. There are several obvious differences between our badges and this one. This one is pierced/voided in several areas around the globe and has a strengthening piece attached behind the ship. The other differences are mainly on the ship, there appears to be more detail in ours especially around the yardarms. This 2nd badge however, appears to be in Gilding Metal and not brass.
I have seen it mentioned before, not sure where, that the genuine badges were pierced/voided and that all non pierced/voided badges are fakes, unable to say whether the badge shown in K&K is pierced/voided. I am also interested in seeing the comments/opinions on these different badges.
Paddy
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08-03-09, 02:11 PM
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