British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum

Recent Books by Forum Members

   

Go Back   British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum > British Military Insignia > Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

 Other Pages: Galleries, Links etc.
Glossary  Books by Forum Members     Canadian Pre 1914    CEF    CEF Badge Inscriptions   Canadian post 1920     Canadian post 1953     British Cavalry Badges     Makers' Marks    Pipers' Badges  Canadian Cloth Titles  Books  SEARCH
 
Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 17-11-20, 03:16 PM
Dominique's Avatar
Dominique Dominique is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: West Brittany
Posts: 447
Default RAF plastic badge.

Dear forum,
Original period item ?
Thank you for your thoughts,
Dominique
Attached Images
File Type: jpg P_20201117_160607.jpg (27.7 KB, 37 views)
File Type: jpg P_20201117_160633.jpg (31.2 KB, 85 views)
__________________
Gremlin56
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 17-11-20, 04:01 PM
dragon166's Avatar
dragon166 dragon166 is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Oxfordshire
Posts: 653
Default

Perfectly good second pattern badge with replaceable blades.
Dave
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 17-11-20, 05:52 PM
Dominique's Avatar
Dominique Dominique is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: West Brittany
Posts: 447
Default Thanks.

Great!
Thank you so much for your input.
Regards ,
Dominique
__________________
Gremlin56
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 05-04-21, 08:00 PM
Padre's Avatar
Padre Padre is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2021
Posts: 381
Default

Hi

This is actually the first type of badge, with NON-replaceable blades, produced by 'A Stanley' of Walsall, who produced 410,000 examples between 18th April 1942 and 7th April 1944. The other type, which did have replaceable blades, were generally produced by 'Jarret, Rainsford and Laughton Ltd', who turned out 160,000 in the same period.

One note is that these badges are almost always referred to as the 'economy type' cap badge. Although they were by virtue of the fact they were made of plastic, a true 'economy' badge would have been in gold plastic as a true plastic like-for-like economy replacement.

Gold plastic badges were indeed produced (I have one) but there is no record they were ever issued and it seems they might have been trial items only. The black items were specifically designed for the Tropical Service Dress, although supplies were rather late in being sent to theatre that for most of the war brass continued to be worn. Both Airmen's pattern cap badge, and the officers two-piece eagle and crown were made (the latter, 21,000, all made by JRL) to be worn on the side cap and beret.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

mhs link

All times are GMT. The time now is 11:31 AM.


Powered by: vBulletin
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.