POST YOUR BEST FINDS of 2018

[Alan O]

South London Cadets badge.

According to Bosley's Auctioneers who sold one recently for £55 it was listed as "Recorded 30th April 1913, AO 235 affiliated to 21st Bn. London Regt."

[High Wood]

After a long wait, the other half of a pair of Burma Rifles collar badges.

https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...ctureid=154515

And my 20th Burma Rifles photograph were amongst the highlights of the year for me.

https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...ctureid=160772

[DJT]

Here's my best find of 2018. A Royal Dublin Fusiliers bandsman's pouch badge. I still have several RDF items on my wants list but this was a great one to scratch off the list!

[leigh kitchen]

Amongst the myriad of fairly common badges, berets and caps I picked up through the year, a French award stands out for me, not found as such but given to me today by my mother.
My father's Legion d'Honneur for participation in the Normandy campaign in 1944 which joins his WWII and Palestine 1945-48 campaign medals and his AB64 which she gave me earlier in the year.

[Drmiggy]

Originally Posted by leigh kitchen

Amongst the myriad of fairly common badges, berets and caps I picked up through the year, a French award stands out for me, not found as such but given to me today by my mother.
My father's Legion d'Honneur for participation in the Normandy campaign in 1944 which joins his WWII and Palestine 1945-48 campaign medals and his AB64 which she gave me earlier in the year.

What a fantastic heirloom, thanks for sharing.

Ian

[DJT]

Wow, priceless Leigh!

Thanks for sharing.

Originally Posted by leigh kitchen

Amongst the myriad of fairly common badges, berets and caps I picked up through the year, a French award stands out for me, not found as such but given to me today by my mother.
My father's Legion d'Honneur for participation in the Normandy campaign in 1944 which joins his WWII and Palestine 1945-48 campaign medals and his AB64 which she gave me earlier in the year.

[tommy t bag]

For me its this badge.A Manchester regiment in plastic.

[leigh kitchen]

Originally Posted by DJT

Wow, priceless Leigh!

Thanks for sharing.

Originally Posted by Drmiggy

What a fantastic heirloom, thanks for sharing.

Ian

Thanks guys, these things be they medals, badges, photographs or letters take on another dimension when they are connected to family.
Now, if only I could find the MM my grandfather earned in 1916...........

[manchesters]

Originally Posted by tommy t bag

For me its this badge.A Manchester regiment in plastic.

Tommy,

You have good taste!

regards

[Frank Kelley]

Agreed!

Originally Posted by manchesters

Tommy,

You have good taste!

regards

[irish]

Originally Posted by leigh kitchen

Amongst the myriad of fairly common badges, berets and caps I picked up through the year, a French award stands out for me, not found as such but given to me today by my mother.
My father's Legion d'Honneur for participation in the Normandy campaign in 1944 which joins his WWII and Palestine 1945-48 campaign medals and his AB64 which she gave me earlier in the year.

Indeed, a wonderful piece of your families history.
Jack

[mac mcconnell]

Very nice Badge indeed

Mac

[tommy t bag]

Thank you very much.It was a hard badge to find.

[leigh kitchen]

Originally Posted by tommy t bag

Thank you very much.It was a hard badge to find.

Nice then - I didn't realise that the Manchester's economy is scarce.

[manchesters]

Originally Posted by leigh kitchen

Nice then - I didn't realise that the Manchester's economy is scarce.

No more so than most Infantry plastics.