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Sharpshooter Imperial Yeomanry
Having picked up a further pair of the Sharpshooter pre WWI collars with the white metal 'peened' on scroll on ebay recently, I paid particular attention to the same seller posting a further seven Sharpshooters badges in succesion that I would not normally have given a second glance. The usual fakes.
These badges had a crisp finish and a nice all over patina including the reverse that said original to me and I purchased them all. I anticipated one badge to be the same as a Boer War era slouch hat badge I had purchased from Boselys a few years back...expensive, damaged and no rosette, but no, on arrival it was smaller at 1-5/16" height as opposed to the 1-1/2" .. So is this new addition to my Sharpshooter collection a hitherto unknown collar? Being Sharpshooter specific I do not own the big reference books. PeterA |
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The one on the right appears cast to me as you can see pitting from the casting process. As such, and being smaller which will also occur from a repro mould, I suspect a copy of an original.
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Alan's comment is interesting: my initial thought was that the badge on the right had been excavated - though I would then expect similar surface degradation on the letters. I know very little of these particular badges, but I have seen a fair few that have been dug up and then cleaned.
Graham
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The badge does seem to have been cleaned at some stage but note the colour, patina and the style of the lugs...identical. I like the sliver of corrosion on the backing plate. PeterA |
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hi not sure what a coloured ursidine is ?
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Blue Nun?
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This may well be a fake but it most cetainly is not a casting made from the 'Bosleys' slouch hat badge. Time to get the vernier out Typical shrinkage allowance for cast brass is 1.4% The badge in doubt is 14.5% smaller on the principal height and width dimensions to the 'Bosleys' badge. Possibly not by coincidence that is precisly the percentage variation on the SS insignias in the image below which pretty much have identical dimensions of the respective 'S' forms of the two crowned badges. PeterA |
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"Coloured Ursidine" = rare bear?
I understand the "bear" part (Ursidae) but where does coloured come into it?
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Brown are common bears where as grey ones are rather rare I understand.
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