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Thanks for posting the measurement, I have made a note for future reference. Regards Phil. |
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Very interesting thread.
Thanks Tony.
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Okay, many thanks, the smaller examples do seem to turn up more often than the larger ones, but, I would think that the large ones were worn beyond 1907, by some soldiers, for example, whilst the Hussar in post forty one may certainly be pre 1914, I suspect he is also post 1907, but, by how much, I do not know.
He does appear to have the much vaunted backing behind his large badge too. |
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Hello Simon,
I must see if I can find those that I have, but, I would not expect to see anything whatsoever regarding size variation in the dies that were used to produce these badges. Regards Frank |
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Unsurprisingly, the sizes mentioned by Simon are the same as those that I have looked at, but, I wonder if there was any considerable variation in the size of cloth examples?
Has anyone got any cloth examples they can actually show? |
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NOT A SCOUT BADGE!!! Sniper 47 London Div WW2
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"Manui dat cognitio vires - Knowledge gives strength to the arm" "Better to know it but not need it than to need it and not know it!" "Have more than thou showest, speak less than thou knowest." Last edited by grey_green_acorn; 29-11-18 at 01:43 PM. Reason: Clarification |
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The back
Tim
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Has anybody mentioned the embroidered Scout badge of FdL with bar embroidered in yellow on red cloth used by 8th Bn Suffolk's during WWI?
I'd forgotten about it (ref. Formation Sign 158 of 1990 and The Badges of Kitchener's Army by David Bilton) |
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Tim,
Thats Not a Scout badge. Its a Company Sniper's badge of the 47th London Division c. 1942. regards
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Simon,
Thanks, I was aware, hence I described it as a fleur de lys. Tim
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Tim,
However this thread is entitled "The Scout Badge" and it maybe as a result of your post be thought of by others as an example of a scout badge, which as you are aware, it is not, hence my clarification. regards
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Detail on my cloth fleur de lys badge amended for clarification
Tim
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To be fair there was a big overlap/ morphing of the functions of scout, sniper, observer, intelligence in the Great War. There is anecdotal evidence of snipers wearing the scout badge ..... there was not a sniper badge as such at that time.
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I would certainly be very interested to know of any variation in the size of the cloth versions of the Army Scout badge, that is relevant to this thread.
Again, has anyone got any examples that they can actually post in this thread? |
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I have found my scruffy little cloth version s advertised above. Hope to scan and post over the weekend. Dont hold your breath ..... "interesting" is polite!
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scout badge, wiltshire yeomanry |
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