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WW! Cloth Worn
Some examples of the numerous - and so far unrecorded in comprehensive published form - cloth badges worn in WWI.
Jon |
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1) 37th Division
2) 34th Btn M.G.C 34th Division 3) 17th Division 4) 4th Lancashire Fusiliers? 5) unknown to me |
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First one - is that the yellow hose shoe of 37th Div?
Second one - 34th Div? fourth one - a 42nd Div unit? |
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Beaten to it - I spent too much time trying to identify the ones I didn't have a hope of identifying.......
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no. 4 is the 4th Company of the 42nd (East Lancashire) Div. A.S.C.
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Simon Butterworth Manchester Regiment Collector Rank, Prize & Trade Badges British & Commonwealth Artillery Badges |
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Thanks Button.
I hadn't identified the cap badge. |
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Its particularly difficult to ID these due to the photographic effect of those days that makes colours look opposite to what they are.
For instance the 4 is yellow and the thin inner diamond is white, all on a dark background. regards
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Simon Butterworth Manchester Regiment Collector Rank, Prize & Trade Badges British & Commonwealth Artillery Badges |
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Glad to have provoked some interest. The last photo has so far defied all attempts to decode it.
Jon |
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Jon,
Is it plausable that for OpSec he or the photographer has taped over the two cloth badges for the photo? regards
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Simon Butterworth Manchester Regiment Collector Rank, Prize & Trade Badges British & Commonwealth Artillery Badges |
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The "covering" fabric is sewn on, it doesn't look to be a temporary aarrangement.
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I only see stitching on the backing cloth. ie - the badges, none on the coverings and in fact they are lifting at a couple of the corners.
regards
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Simon Butterworth Manchester Regiment Collector Rank, Prize & Trade Badges British & Commonwealth Artillery Badges |
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Not to mention the myriad and in some cases fascinating, unit signs painted on vehicles etc. I'll post a few examples later. Mike
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Obviously, the flaw with that suggestion would be that this man would be in the 23rd & 25th Bde at the same time..... |
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Have you discounted the design and description in John Waring's JW2/D 174? Mike |
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I see what you mean about the overlays being a little proud of the backings, if it were a recent photo I'd suspect Velcro, it's as if they could be attached by studs / hooks & eyes, which doesn't seem likely. Could be that the borders are just khaki tunic fabric backings that the single colour insignia are attached to? The backing fabric looks a little frayed, roughly sewn around the edges. Badges cut from an old tunic complete with the with tunic cloth backing left as an edging & roughly applied by tacking that edging to the new tunic? Last edited by leigh kitchen; 03-07-17 at 12:41 PM. |
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