ARMY REMOUNT SERVICE (2nd & 3rd Issue) WW1 & WW2

[Fatboy Ken]

Hello guys n gals,

I have a question to ask, which is causing me a problem, as no one can help me at the moment, so i am asking the forum as a whole.

Army Remounts Service (ASR)

I have acquired an ARS badge, which is slightly different from all the others i have seen, yet it seems correct.
Well, to me it does, which doesn't mean much really.

The problem is as follows;

The images of the following ARS "Cap" badge described in 2 book is as follows;
Kipling & King ARS (3rd issued badge) (KK.1046)[/I]
Badges & Insignia of the RASC & RCT & Their Predecessors (2-68 page 18)

This is the problem that i have;
At the bottom of both badges, but not explained in both books.

(2) An oval inscribed Army Remount Service surmounted by an Imperial crown. In the centre a horse rampant. In gilding metal (fig 1046). Also in bronze.

In all the images i have seen of both the early & late badges (1046 & 1047);

Within the oval strap/buckle; Army Remount Service (but below at the furthest point of the badges is (what i can only describe as "A Star")

I have come across the following ARS badge, in Bronze (KK 1046; or 2-68)

With a "BUCKLE" and not "A STAR" at the lowest point of the badge.

The badge in question is mm'd J.R. Gaunt London (curving upwards L-R)

Take a close look at the images and see if you can help me. It's one of 2 things,
1. Copy/Fake
2. A unseen cap badge [meaning that the other badges could be either collar badges or earlier cap badges]

Has anyone else got one of these badges in their collections which they know about ?

Thanks in advance

Kind regards
FBK