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AOC cap badges
Hi folks,
A bit of help please, I've just been reorganising my RAOC bits and pieces, In fact I've started a new album so please have a look and advise if any errors. But my question is about the following 1907 pattern cap badges. The top one is a standard gm OR's cap badge with slider which I've had for years. The other three are a bit odd. The first one on the second row has a gilt type finish with lugs but isn't a heavy gilt front and back as I would expect on a nice old officers badge. Next is a gm type cap badge but has a very dull almost bronze finish to the front, I have seen other ranks bronzed RE WW1 cap badges and wondered if this was something like that? Lastly we have a gm ORs badge but with a long slider? Any help would be appreciated Cheers Sean |
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Officers wore different badges, not being part of the corps but of the department, but your gilt one may be an NCO's badge.
Rgds, Thomas |
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Cheers Thomas, that was what I was thinking, maybe a sergeants badge but I have never seen one for comparison
Regards Sean |
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Hi Sean
My large pattern AOC badge has that bronze colour. Regards Neil |
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I seem to recall that the long slider was for the Brodrick cap.
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It was indeed introduced for the Brodrick cap in 1903 and then subsequently made with a shortened slider for wear with the new peaked cap from 1905.
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Many thanks Toby and Alan........I'm always learning
Regards Sean |
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To the best of my knowledge the badge changed size in 1907, from 40 x 50 mms to 34 x 40 mms, so, as OP states these are all post 1907 smaller sized badges the whole lugs, long, short slider chronology doesn't apply.
Rgds, Thomas |
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