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Old 07-04-20, 08:29 AM
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Any thoughts on this title with a crown instead of a numeral? not a recent acquisition, I must have had it for at least 25 years. I have always wondered if it was used by 102 Brigade HQs.
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Old 07-04-20, 10:07 PM
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Can't find this in Col. Wood's book, Mike.
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Old 07-04-20, 10:17 PM
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As they’re separate parts could it not just be a later marriage, the numeral lost so someone put a crown in its place?

They may be contemporary and have belonged to the original owner, perhaps a staff sergeant etc. or it could be a later addition. Those would be my thoughts and seems more likely than a previously unrecorded ST configuration.
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Old 08-04-20, 01:39 PM
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Could it be a Major's rank badge?

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Officers would have worn a grenade between the two 'scrolls' not a pip or crown. If they are genuine, and we've no reason to think otherwise, then they've been paired together at some point. they wouldn't have been worn like that.
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Old 08-04-20, 08:54 PM
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Thank you all for your replies

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Old 24-08-20, 09:34 AM
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Mike,

49lassiepen very kindly sent me a copy of a Crown Imperial article on Kitchener’s Army by Bob Quested. In the paragraph on Tyneside Scottish he writes:

‘‘Some examples of the Tyneside Scottish shoulder title have been found with the central number replaced by a ‘King’s Crown’, it is thought that this arrangement was worn by Reserve Battalion personnel.’’


Potentially a very interesting development.

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Old 25-08-20, 11:22 AM
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Luke,

Many thanks for that update.
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