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Manchester Regiment
In amongst a bag of Manchester staybrites I have just found a metal badge which looks identical to the staybrites both in shape and finish.Wre these worn at the same time or does the metal one predate the staybrite ones?
Thanks, John The metal one is at the bottom |
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A bag of Manchester staybrites?
Sounds like a potential gold mine. |
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The collars are scarce . . .
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Hi John
Is it not The Manchester Regiment 8th & 9th Battalions TA, they wore a chromed one. Regards Neil |
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Hi Neil,
Thanks for your reply. Just to clarify, the anodised badge was sealed in 1964, the same year as the Manchesters were amalgamated, hence their scarcity. The white metal badge was sealed in the fifties, so this badge I have is made of metal with a strong metal slider but it has a finish identical to the staybrite ones. Was this for the regular army or a territorial unit or a cadet force unit? I know it is genuine, all the badges came from a closed army depot. Thanks John |
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Just for the sake of accuracy the Manchester Regiment and the Kings Regiment were amalgamated in 1958 and not 1964. The badge you are asking about I have never known to be official and always assumed them to be either private purchase or a collectors edition from one of the Mints series. regards
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Simon Butterworth Manchester Regiment Collector Rank, Prize & Trade Badges British & Commonwealth Artillery Badges |
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It seems very likely that the a/a one was likely intended to be worn by both the TA and cadets.
The w/m one has a sealed pattern of 1949 but I reckon it was several years before stocks were used up of the brass ones. The TA bns reportedly had badges chromed for a parade,( I seem to remember by Gaylor?), but this has passed into folklore and I think it unlikely that they only wore these nor that they were the only ones. Whether they wanted chromed ones because they still had brass ones or someone thought that the w/m ones were in need of extra shine is unknown to me. |
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