I mentioned these months ago from my jungle lair, during discussion of green & maize badges on another thread.
I bought them at Hythe, Kent (lots of military connections around that area) in 1992.
The Musketry Instructor & "LMG" badges are 7 or 8 cms across x 10 or 11 cms high, they're backed with a white linen type cloth.
Obviously, the St Edwards Crown in the designs dates them to QE II's reign.
The "LMG" badge is presumably unofficial & should properly be "LG".
The red "backing" to the bugles is of cloth, not embroiderd.
It seems to me that the bugles will be badges of the Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantry (an amalgamation that I suspect most people probably forget about because of the infantry "Brigade" system & its cap badges - this system meant that "new" regiments formed by amalgamations during the life of the Brigades did'nt have their own cap badges, or that the new badges were worn only by the T.A.).
The bugle badges have the Mural Crown of the Somerset Light Infantry but lack the "PA" monogram (Prince Albert), & they feature the red badge backing of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.
The bugle without wreath is presumably the badge of a Bugler, the bugle within the wreath the (again unofficial) badge of a Bugle Major. It measures about 7.3 cms x 6.2 cms.
Both bugles have white "web" stiffeners to the embroidery & the remains of black paper backings.
Naturally, the reverses of all 4 badges have been smeared with glue by a previous collector.
Has anybody any thoughts on or knowledge of these badges please?
I bought them at Hythe, Kent (lots of military connections around that area) in 1992.
The Musketry Instructor & "LMG" badges are 7 or 8 cms across x 10 or 11 cms high, they're backed with a white linen type cloth.
Obviously, the St Edwards Crown in the designs dates them to QE II's reign.
The "LMG" badge is presumably unofficial & should properly be "LG".
The red "backing" to the bugles is of cloth, not embroiderd.
It seems to me that the bugles will be badges of the Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantry (an amalgamation that I suspect most people probably forget about because of the infantry "Brigade" system & its cap badges - this system meant that "new" regiments formed by amalgamations during the life of the Brigades did'nt have their own cap badges, or that the new badges were worn only by the T.A.).
The bugle badges have the Mural Crown of the Somerset Light Infantry but lack the "PA" monogram (Prince Albert), & they feature the red badge backing of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.
The bugle without wreath is presumably the badge of a Bugler, the bugle within the wreath the (again unofficial) badge of a Bugle Major. It measures about 7.3 cms x 6.2 cms.
Both bugles have white "web" stiffeners to the embroidery & the remains of black paper backings.
Naturally, the reverses of all 4 badges have been smeared with glue by a previous collector.
Has anybody any thoughts on or knowledge of these badges please?
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