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Mike
All good points but again there should be no East Anglian or Foresters bde badges either made or issued post 1964. I think the important thing is that no one discards an a/a Gaunt Bham badge of any design based on an incorrect date of 1970 assuming it to be a repro. Gaunts were late getting into A/A production compared to Timings and the like who made a lot of the 1950's designs' but they did catch up. Alan |
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B Coy, 2 WESSEX(V) Info
I've been following this thread with interest. In 1986 I took over command of the rifle pl (I seem to remember we were 6 pl) at Newport TA Centre on the Isle of Wight. We were part of B Company with its Coy HQ located, with another pl in Winchester and our 3rd pl in Southampton. Our Bn HQ was in Reading at Brock Bks. We wore the 'gold' coloured WESSEX wyvern badge. I believe (but can not confirm) that 1 WESSEX wore a silver staybrite cap badge (someone else my wish to address/confirm/deny that issue). Officers wore a wire embroidered version on a dark blue beret with a silver metal version for our No1 dress hats. We also wore epaulettes with the word 'WESSEX' embroidered on them - green for the 2nd Bn and blue lettering for the 1st. Wessex wyvern buttons were worn on No 2s. To the best of my knowledge we never wore the Hants and IOW Territorials badge. I left in 1987 - before the coy rebadged PWRR. I'm not posting this as an 'expert' - just someone who wore the kit and didn't question it at the time - and sadly probably should have paid more attention! Hope this is of some use to someone.
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Tony obtained all my 2 Wessex from a Major [have his name on file ] from R H Q when they disbanded -full set rank slides .badges , collars
etc You are correct in saying never wore the Hants and I O W T A badge Last edited by 49lassiepen; 27-07-22 at 04:25 PM. Reason: from |
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Ah, the silver anodised Wyvern cap badge raises its head once more . . .
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Bess I have one on a beret ,been in my collection for many years I know that somebody could have placed it there -but looks like its been on the beret for some time
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There was no battalion designated issued silver a/a badge but there were some badly made gold ones! The s/p was for the Wessex Bde badge in gold a/a that was subsequently used by TA and Cadets.
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Hi yes the anodized Silver slidered badge was a Wessex Brigade issue for Warrant Officers class 2 only.
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I have a silver examples, Gaunt BHam and Gaunt London.
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Bess silver a/a badge on the beret is Gaunt B'HAM also have Gaunt London
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There was also a Timings Birmingham badge, I have a photo but not the badge
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WESSEX BEEWYSE
Then there is the mysterious BEEWYSE LONDON marked badge?
See https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...ad.php?t=75850 Tim
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My set including the x2 silver Gaunt examples.
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Bess
And very silver they are too. Maker's error batch subsequently used by 1 Wessex or privately ordered by them? There are a number of other badges made as factory mistakes. I have a gold Firmin Duke of Connaughts Hampshire regiment badge so they are out there. |
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Also Wessex collars available in silver a/a.
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