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Blackened GV RE Cap Badge
Can anyone advise me on this GV RE cap badge I recently acquired? It has been blackened in a similar way to Rifle Regiment badges of the period rather than painted by the owner. Is there any significance to this variation?
Thanks Mark |
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Blackened RE
Mark,
I have one of these, I have kept it as a variation, but I'm not sure as to if it has any special significance. Rob |
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In some circumstances badges were blackened to avoid shine while in action. This occurred in New Zealand units especially in the Sinai-Palestine campaign.
Tinto |
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I posted another thread regarding an ASC badge that was blackened or bronzed a la OSD badges. Although the badge in question appears to have a blackened finish, well here is one of the replies:
I have a RAOC 1918 Pattern Cap Badge with Slider which has been bronzed, and I am informed that the WWI & WWII Officers Shops (ran by Ordnance) had a range of regimental badges bronzed for Field Commissioned Officers and that Ordnance & Service Corps Workshops did them as well, possibly for the Officers of their own Corps as well as for the Officers Shop and others? This was also done in India & the Far East because supply times for such items were long. CB Last edited by cbuehler; 09-12-19 at 02:04 AM. Reason: que |
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Bronzed other ranks badges
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I am sure this must have happened many times and a bronzed die-struck other ranks cap badge was far superior to a sandcast effort made locally. Rob |
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Here's a thread where I asked the same question, it went off topic but prior to that it was suggested they were early WW1 prior to the common issue of the tin helmet.
Rob https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...eers+blackened |
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