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Officer's ASC 1901-11 badge with various tangs, loops etc
I thought it might be of interest to show the variety of different fittings on the officer's Army Service Corps 1901-11 forage cap badge. This is the one illustrated in Kipling & King as KK 988.
Top left: gilt and silver plate with two tang or blade fittings Top right: Another version but with an unusual arrangement of a single tang and a single loop fitting, positioned N&S. The gilt and silver plate is totally absent, so it has either completely worn off or the badge was made in bi-metal Bottom left: OSD version with two tang fittings Bottom right: Another OSD version, but on two loops. Probably a full size collar Unfortunately, I haven't yet found the OR's version. Mark Last edited by dubaiguy; 02-04-21 at 07:23 PM. |
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I suspect the one lug and tang is for the Torin style cap where the badge sat low on the cap.
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Great collection you show there, very nice.
Tony
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thanks
awesome badges bc |
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Nice badges.
Andy
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Thanks Gents. Alan that's an interesting thought re the tang and loop arrangement. I must admit I'm not at all clear when the Torin cap was worn or even where the word drives from. I'm presuming possibly late 19th / early 20th century usage, which could fit. I'm therefore going to go along with your thoughts and categorise it in my badge notes as a possible Torin badge.
Thanks for the help. Mark |
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A kid I went to school with , in Edinburgh , was called Torin and he claimed the name was derived from the Gaelic term for a Chief. Consider the names of other bonnets/caps : Kilmarnock (Hummel) Glengarry Balmoral Tam O'Shanter Just a guess but worth thinking about. .
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Memory may be failing me, but was'nt the cap named after a Captain Torin?
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"It was often called the “Torin” cap (named after the Irish officer who supposedly designed the British Army version)." .
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