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#16
12-09-17, 11:10 AM
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On his first day in the bays in 1947 An old friend of mine was ordered to have his badge looking like his sergeants for the next morning, being a badge collector himself he said it broke my heart to have to go and buy 6 boxes of matches and take off near all the detail from the front of his brand spanking new cap badge, so personally I would think that mods like this to badges and equipment could be down to those who may be in charge at the time as their own preference.
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#18
12-09-17, 11:58 AM
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Modified glengarry abadges
Some Scottish badges such as the Black Watch/Glasgow Highlanders are found with the lower part of the star cut off which I have found out on the forum was for them to have been worn lower down on the Glengarry.
Rob
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#19
12-09-17, 12:11 PM
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I doubt any of these modifications were approved at any level and without any evidence it is probably foolhardy to speculate that this was done by serving soldiers, when I joined you were issued two badges, 1 for best and the other for working, you still got inspected in working dress and if you or any of your kit was not up to scratch you got extra's or were bounced, and as any older soldier will tell you it was tougher when they were in.
Paul
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#20
12-09-17, 12:39 PM
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12-09-17, 01:16 PM
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It's a handful of badges that you find which have been rubbed down wether done by old sweats or not, the complete badges of every Regt far outweigh the manipulated ones you find by well over 99.9%
Yes, some badges show signs of wear and are acceptable but not to the extent were they have been damaged or taken beyond recognition. Pretty pointless having pattern cards and dress regulations if the badge of the Regiment/Corps you serve with is going to be messed with. Paul
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#22
12-09-17, 01:38 PM
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Plastic Leicesters
I have a plastic Leicestershire Regt cap badge with the top "Hindoostan" scroll cut off very neatly, this has been mentioned on the forum before and I wondered whether this could have been worn by a Leicestershire T.A. soldier.
The opinion when I mentioned it was that it was complete vandalism, but as many have said with badge collecting "never say never". Rob
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#23
12-09-17, 02:58 PM
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With the Leicestershire Regt Territorial Badge being obsolete approximately 25 years before the introduction of the plastic economy version, it is safe to say it most likely snapped by accident rather than removed by a TA soldier for wear. Paul Last edited by Paul Spellman; 12-09-17 at 04:34 PM.
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#24
12-09-17, 06:02 PM
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Paul, this was put forward in my first posting, yes, I can see all the reasons apart from the fact is why was it so neatly done.
Rob
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#25
13-09-17, 10:14 AM
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Perhaps for no other reason than making a broken badge look a bit neater.
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13-09-17, 10:23 AM
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That seems to be it to me.
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#27
14-09-17, 10:50 AM
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The Middlesex Regt plastic economy with trimmed scrolls I mentioned in a previous post.
The scroll ends are neatly trimmed rather than broken, I took this damage to be deliberate, to neaten the badge up following an accidental breakage, or done in order to make the badge "fit" a display or something like that. With a little bit more trimming & a more pronounced notch cut in the ends of the scroll the result could have been more like an undamaged badge The marks on the back are from being glued to card or paper at some time.
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#28
15-09-17, 05:55 PM
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Trimmed plastic badges
There really is no reason why any of these badges were cut down, possibly as they were regarded as "poor relations" of the bi-metal badges, maybe as said to fit in somewhere, although where is anyone's guess.
One of the mysteries that makes badge collection the hobby it is . . ! Rob
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#29
16-09-17, 01:33 AM
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North Staffs
On the subject of vandalism to badges:
The Royal Malta Artillery snapped off the QC from their gun badge after Don Mintoff took control of the island. I'm also been told/ read somewhere it was obligatory for recruits at the RAC Training Regt to polish their RAC cap badges so that the rivets were smooth on the front. Of course, once they passed out and were posted they would have been rebadged. Stephen.
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#30
16-09-17, 05:33 AM
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Had you passed through 1 RTB at Wagga Wagga NSW in the pre-anodised badge era you would have seen the new intakes religiously pouring Brasso on the backing of their floor mats each evening in order to render their belt brasses and hat badges as smooth and shiny as possible on the abrasive surface. Not to do so in the case of hat badges led to unwelcome attention from your platoon staff!
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