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Originally Posted by mooke07
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Dean
I like the badge and have a similar example in my own collection as a probable Indian made example. Badge replacement in India was a problem, and units going there were instructed to take extra stock.
The War Office, Regulations for the Supply of Clothing and Necessaries to the Regular Forces, (London, HMSO 1881), Part 1 section XXXII, page 143 Para 943 & 944 instructed units to take 12 months consumption with them. Each supply was to contain a sealed pattern of each article issued. Page 19 of the Army Circular for Sept. 1882 indicated that for an Infantry Regiment 200 badges was 12 months’ supply for the forage (Glengarry) cap.
In addition, Clothing Regulations 1914 paragraph 341 as quoted in David Linaker, Gordon Dine Cavalry Warrant Officers and Non Commissioned Officers Arm Badges, (Military Historical Society Special Publication 1997) p128 footnote 18. Units were instructed to take 50% spares with them.
2 RMF were in India & Burma from 1884-1901. Thereafter S. Africa, Gib, The British Isles and France & Flanders. The finished up in Egypt after the great war and were there when the disbandment was announced.
As the FSC/Forage cap dates from 1897 and the sliders generally from 1902 onwards perhaps this type of badge can be attributed to 1 RMF who were in India from 1903-1914 - this is mere speculation on my part.
Anyway a nice item.
John
23-04-16, 01:16 AM
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