Dating JR Gaunt Bham badges

[Alan O]

Chris has done some research and reckons that the JR Gaunt Bham mark was used from 1973 and came about with the move of production. The dating of badges is made difficult by the restriking of both bi-metal and a/a badges by Gaunts. You find Bham marks on RND, WW1 Guards and some rare late 1950s badges.

Now I do have a JR Gaunt Bham badge in a/a for the Catering Corps. This is the scroll-less version. Such a common and unexciting badge (apologies to any ex-ACC readers) was not likely to be restuck and is 99% contemporary.

'Ah-ha' I thought 'it must be earlier than we thought' But then I read that Gaylor dates the change of badge design to 1973 - so this would be one of the last made scroll-less ACC badges made and one of the first to be made with the firm's new stamp?

Can anyone else provide any information on this 1973 date?

Alan