Help ID Regiment from Collar Dogs

[MH331]

I have two photos of RMF soldiers wearing ‘grenade/bomb’ collar badges one during WW1 the other immediately post circa 1919. The jacket in Shiny’s photo is an iteration of the 1902 pattern which was largely unchanged in appearance from its inception until the early 1960s( double darts, and simplified versions aside) The post WW1 jackets have acquired a completely spurious ‘22 pattern’ designation largely from the collector community.

Regards

Mark

Originally Posted by cbuehler

Yes, that would be 1930s or very early 1940s. Collar badges were not generally worn before 1922, with some cavalry exceptions.
The other tell tale sign that makes dating easy is that collar badges were worn at an angle to the collar points between the wars on OR service dress.

CB

[Shiny]

Thanks Mark,

So are we now saying that this could be the father in WW1 again?

Michael

[leigh kitchen]

The RMF didn't wear collar dogs as shown in the photo in question.

[Shiny]

Ok Leigh, thanks a lot.

Michael

[MH331]

No Michael, the photo you have is RE post WW1. I was commenting that Some RMF soldiers wore collar badges in WW1 and responding to the discussion about the type of jacket and period it was worn.

Regards Mark

Originally Posted by Shiny

Thanks Mark,

So are we now saying that this could be the father in WW1 again?

Michael

[Shiny]

Ah, got it.

Thanks Mark