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Plastic Suffolk Regt cap badge
Today at Thetford I bought a plastic Suffolk Regt cap badge, not in the normal bronze finish but in silver/grey. K&K state it was made with the bronze finish and that is it, no other variant is mentioned.
My question is does anyone know if this variant is a manufacturers mistake or do other Regiments badges appear in finishes other than those stated in K&K. I would be interested in finding out other badge variations. Rob |
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Other regiment's badges appear in "wrong" colours.
eg I have Queens West Surrey's in both "gold" and "silver" and West Yorks in "copper" and "silver". |
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Plastic badge finishes
Leigh, would the "Gold" and "silver" finish have been painted?
My badge appears to be made in silver/grey plastic, I have a silver painted Royal Ulster Rifles which was painted I would say by the manufacturer. Rob |
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No, the colours are of the plastic although the Q West Surrey silver one has a coat of tan coloured paint.
The grey is marked to "F&G", the copper coloured badge has no manufacturer's mark (the grey was picked up in 1988, the copper in 1983). Last edited by leigh kitchen; 08-04-19 at 06:47 AM. |
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Plastic badge finishes
Leigh,
Many thanks for your reply, very interesting and many more variations to look for, these I don't think are mentioned in K&K, I wonder why? Rob |
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I assume (yes, that word, I know) that some plastic economies were made in the wrong colours as a matter of expediency or simple mistake and I again assume that units that were wearing plastics didn't know that the batch of the things in a different colour were wrong or were'nt particularly bothered as a plastic badge was a plastic badge and if a bimetal badge was produced in a gold, silver or copper colour plastic one was as good or bad as the other.
K&K quote the colours as prescribed presumably, and so don't make note of the odd unofficial colour variations here and there? This is my Q West Surrey's badge, made of grey plastic it has a thin coat of a tan coloured paint (picked up in 1982). I'd assumed (!) that an individual squaddie was pernickity enough to want the badge to be closer to that of the correct metal but maybe the manufacturer was responsible for the paint job? |
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The King's Regt also had two versions - 'silver'/grey and a 'bronze'/brown.
I don't think Cotton's article mentions different colours for one unit - but I'll check. |
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I have silver/grey and bronze/brown versions for the Welch Regiment.
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Regards, Jerry |
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What are the official terms for the colours of the plastic,as I recall K&K and M Cotton use different terms, one or the other may be using the official ones.
I think "light bronze" and "field copper" are used to describe the copper colour of one of the W. Yorks I show, or have I got that wrong? In 1944 grey plastic badges began to be spray painted a Matt silver colour, Cotton says the painting was probably carried out by A Stanley & Sons, Walsall, regardless of the badge's manufacturer. |
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I know that I have the Wiltshire and welch May be others in' plastic 'collection
David |
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