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01-08-10, 06:38 PM
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Queen's Gurkha Engineers Anodised Badges
A pair of anodised badges to the Queen's Gurkha Engineers in anodised aluminium maker marked F&S - each with two lugs N/S.
Are these a pair of collar badges or two cap badges? Does the cap badge always have a slider?
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01-08-10, 08:52 PM
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Hi GGA
bit of a mystery,could be collar's,but most modern anno collar's have a single square shaped lug.So maybe lugged cap? Neil
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02-08-10, 10:10 AM
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Thanks both, you can see the problem. Cap badge and collar badges are (apparently) of identical design from the front but could have slider = cap badge or single lug = collar badge or two lugs (as in my examples) = ?????
Bearing in mind that the Queen's Gurkha Signals, 6th Gurkha Rifles and 7th Gurkha Rifles cap badges seem only to be issued with lugs perhaps this is/was a Gurkha preference?
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02-08-10, 10:43 AM
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QGE
I have both slider and lugs badges aswell from various makers and in gold/silver and all silver colour.
Both hat and collar are the same and collars can be worn as hat badges 
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02-08-10, 09:14 PM
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Hi Guys,
According to a collegue and former officer attached to QGE, originally collar dogs/ cap badge came out of the same box in the stores, it kept things nice and simple. the slider for the cap is a later & apparently unwanted addition. The WM version is the early pattern. Prior to this they wore the RE grenade collar badge on a dark blue square on the 'hat felt gurkha'. Shoulder titles were black painted standard 'RE' titles Steve
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03-08-10, 08:22 PM
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Queen's Gurkha Engineers anodised badges
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03-08-10, 09:40 PM
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Tony, thanks. That is another I need to find! I do have a bimetal version lugged N/S and just discovered an anodised with a longish slider marked J.R. GAUNT B'HAM
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