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Old 15-06-13, 10:41 AM
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Default 2x RA Officer grenade badges question.
Picked these two up this morning, an OSD and a gilt version of the Royal Artillery grenade collar badge, can anyone confirm if these two particular types of badge have been or are worn on any form of head dress?
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Old 15-06-13, 10:43 AM
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And the rear.
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Tony,
The 2nd Bn. Liverpool Scottish when they were R.A. wore this design of collar badge on the TOS on a Forbes tartan backing but I don't know which metal it was.
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Peter, thankyou, can you put any dates as to what period the Liverpool Scottish would have worn this insignia?
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Tony,
All I can say is around 1947 to mid 1950`s cannot be more precise than that at the moment ( will see if I can find more information )

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Fairly sure the or brass and gilt types were worn on the khaki side cap, beret and GS cap in WW2
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Never seen the large gilt one in any head dress, they were for the white Number 3 Dress which was rarely worn.

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Never seen the large gilt one in any head dress, they were for the white Number 3 Dress which was rarely worn.

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Marc thanks for information ref the gilt collar.
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Never seen the large gilt one in any head dress, they were for the white Number 3 Dress which was rarely worn.

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If they are the same size that would be correct, however the one on the right looks smaller which would make it an OR's collar which was also worn as a cap badge.

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Thomas there is a difference of 2mm between the Bronzed 49mm and the Gilt 47mm badge, I've attached another image, including a GM OR's collar/cap badge, this is much smaller.
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The 2mm difference doesn't make it an OR's, Marc was right all along.

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