I'd been waiting for years to get a WWI brass economy badge of the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
They wore the stringed bugle in white metal, the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry wore the identical badge in brass.
Along came 2, some months apart, (from the same dealer in Cambridge 3 years ago)so I have one which I am happy is genuine, with copper loop fittings & the manufacturers plate on the back, the other one, with a slider, I'm doubtful of.
The white metal Ox & Bucks L.I. is there for comparison ie for no good reason (to me it's a "maybe" rather than undoubtedly genuine).
The brass version with slider is slightly different from what I take to be the norm in that it has a very slight widening of the slider where it joins the badge, or perhaps a slightly raised flat panel on the back of the badge, where the slider is attached. Opinions please, telling me that the version with loops is duff will result in a teddy throwing, but I'm not going to weep over the others.
Ah, & now I've seen the photos it's obvious that I'd better use the camera instead of the scanner - thepoints I'm making are'nt obvious at all from the photos.
They wore the stringed bugle in white metal, the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry wore the identical badge in brass.
Along came 2, some months apart, (from the same dealer in Cambridge 3 years ago)so I have one which I am happy is genuine, with copper loop fittings & the manufacturers plate on the back, the other one, with a slider, I'm doubtful of.
The white metal Ox & Bucks L.I. is there for comparison ie for no good reason (to me it's a "maybe" rather than undoubtedly genuine).
The brass version with slider is slightly different from what I take to be the norm in that it has a very slight widening of the slider where it joins the badge, or perhaps a slightly raised flat panel on the back of the badge, where the slider is attached. Opinions please, telling me that the version with loops is duff will result in a teddy throwing, but I'm not going to weep over the others.
Ah, & now I've seen the photos it's obvious that I'd better use the camera instead of the scanner - thepoints I'm making are'nt obvious at all from the photos.
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