Royal Irish Fusiliers officer SD cap badge query

[John Mulcahy]

Originally Posted by billy

Hi John so the two lugged versions I have shown could indeed be Cap badges as they are a lot bigger than the Collars I have shown with the Eagle on them?

Cheers billy

Billy

In terms of other ranks badges the collars are somewhat larger than the first FSC badge.

From discussions I had with the late Maj. D.D.A. Linaker the O/R FSC grenade badge is 27.0 x 21.5mm approx.

The O/R collar badges (Princess Victoria's Coronet above a vertical grenade with triangular flames and with the Eagle of the French 8th Regiment on the ball.) According to Churchill’s book (p283) these are SPN 10132 sealed 15 Oct 1926. These are 41-42cm x 26-27 cm approx.

The single BM badge is what I and Maj. Linaker considered to be the O/R first pattern FSC badge.

The pair the BM O/R collar badges c. 1926 – subsequently sealed in AA in 1954.

Notice the rounder flames of the former and more pointed of the latter.

The larger badges you show appear die stamped BM to me and thus I would describe them as examples of the O/R collar badge SPN 10132

Officers badges are a little trickier,

I do not have any reliable dimensions at hand for officers badges and my own are currently in storage but the image you show with the 3 badges look to be near identical to the officers service dress collar badges on the Nov 15, 1955 dated officers pattern card.

John