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Old 26-10-20, 06:18 PM
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Looking for information. When and why did the Royal Horse Artillery change from the gold anodised staybright to the silver anodised cap badge? Any information is appreciated.
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Old 29-10-20, 02:15 PM
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Looking for information. When and why did the Royal Horse Artillery change from the gold anodised staybright to the silver anodised cap badge? Any information is appreciated.
As to why they changed, i have no idea but i do seem to remember reading (probably in Chris Marsh's book on the subject of Anodised Aluminium badges) that the change to silver took place in or about 1970.

Hope someone with a little more knowledge of this Regt can answer the question of 'why' for you.

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Old 29-10-20, 03:08 PM
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From another site :
"The cypher badge of the RHA was given official recognition in 1948, as a brass/gilt badge, not silver as it was originally intended. In 1958 the badge was changed from brass to white metal."

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Old 29-10-20, 06:21 PM
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Marc (54bty) has previously posted an extremely interesting and detailed summary of the changes in RHA cypher on this forum that will answer your question and more.

Haven't got time to search for it at the moment but will later unless somebody beats me to it.

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Old 30-10-20, 03:20 PM
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Thank you Steve, mike_vee and Keith for the information.
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Old 31-10-20, 01:01 PM
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Gents, just for the sake of it as it's a dull rainy day in North Essex . . . .and lockdown 2 looming . . . Attached my anodised RHA set.

Note the gold LB&B error.

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Old 06-11-20, 08:39 AM
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Thank you for the very interesting posts. One question and excuse my ignorance. What does "seeded" mean when applied to a cap badge? I haven't come across this term before.
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Old 06-11-20, 09:03 AM
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A description from an old post :

"Seeding is the background stippling effect, frequently on otherwise plain areas of a badge, such as the background to title scrolls."



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Old 07-11-20, 10:47 AM
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Thank you mike_vee for the explanation. My gold anodised is seeded, but the silver anodised is not.
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Old 07-11-20, 12:11 PM
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Thank you mike_vee for the explanation. My gold anodised is seeded, but the silver anodised is not.
That's correct
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Thank you mike_vee for the explanation. My gold anodised is seeded, but the silver anodised is not.
The badge in post 15 does not look seeded to me, maybe just the image.

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The badge in post 15 does not look seeded to me, maybe just the image.

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My gold anodised is not seeded. Post 15
Still awaiting a reverse image of Bess's, might be the LB&B
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