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A great collection of helmet plates and centres. Is there a list of the different colours of the felt backings of these badges in existence anywhere?
Regards
Dudley

Paul

A great collection! Thank you for showing it. Since coming under the influence of Frank, I look on badges with much more favour.

It would be interesting to see the favourite badges of other forum members. Mine is not spectacular, but it took a long time for me to find, an ancestor of mine was a founder member of the force it represents, which had a short but eventful history. It is a badge of the Natal Mounted Police. A descendent force, the Natal Police, took part in the Anglo-Boer War, so it does have a tenuous link to this forum.

Brett

Hi Dudley,
Thank you for your comments.
I think the red backings were related to "Royal" regiments i.e. Royal West Kent.
The green backings were Light Infantry Regiments i.e Durham Light Infantry I think this is correct, please correct me if I am wrong.

Paul

Madziro wrote: A great collection of helmet plates and centres. Is there a list of the different colours of the felt backings of these badges in existence anywhere?
Regards
Dudley

Hi Brett,
Thank you for your comments and sharing such a superb badge, I would think quite rare and valuable!
I started collecting badges before medals and I managed to complete the full Infantry WW1-WW2 took me a while, as always some were harder to find and more expensive.
The only examples I have of the campaign are the ones shown with recent medal purchases,Devons,Koyli and Royal Irish.
Always look for S.A.unit badges on my travels, but as yet no luck

Paul

Brett Hendey wrote: Paul

A great collection! Thank you for showing it. Since coming under the influence of Frank, I look on badges with much more favour.

It would be interesting to see the favourite badges of other forum members. Mine is not spectacular, but it took a long time for me to find, an ancestor of mine was a founder member of the force it represents, which had a short but eventful history. It is a badge of the Natal Mounted Police. A descendent force, the Natal Police, took part in the Anglo-Boer War, so it does have a tenuous link to this forum.

Brett

The attached is one of my favourites in the collection.



Will post some more QVC type badges that I have.

In the case of the Devonshire Regiment 1881-1914 helmet plate centre, I would merely say that as it was around at the time, even though full dress was left at home, this particular centre, might well have been issued to a man who was actually there, in Natal, on the 21st of October 1899 and the 6th of January 1900, what a super antique, for what is now very little money!

coldstream wrote: Hi Brett,
Thank you for your comments and sharing such a superb badge, I would think quite rare and valuable!
I started collecting badges before medals and I managed to complete the full Infantry WW1-WW2 took me a while, as always some were harder to find and more expensive.
The only examples I have of the campaign are the ones shown with recent medal purchases,Devons,Koyli and Royal Irish.
Always look for S.A.unit badges on my travels, but as yet no luck