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Old 20-12-15, 03:29 PM
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Default Rare Officer's Elgin Regt cap badge
Chris Brooker has a rare officers'm 25th Elgin Regiment cap badge for sale on ebay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/CANADA-25th-...EAAOSw5IJWda6v
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Hi Bill,

I spotted this one late last night - very nice!

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A beauty for sure. Interesting combination of bullion embroidery and metal.
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These were made for the older pill-box style forage cap and were not to be worn on the new pattern. Of course, some regiments ignored this rule.
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These were made for the older pill-box style forage cap and were not to be worn on the new pattern. Of course, some regiments ignored this rule.
Thanks for those details great info. If that then the case what date would this be?

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