Terry37

I picked this one up in the UK hoping it was some odd Medics trade badge. It came with a nice large RAMC brass title. I have searched high and low and for the life of me, I cannot identify it. I have searched Army, Navy and Boy Scouts for the world, but have found nothing with the blue circle??? In construction it looks WW1 era and is small, the size of a typical Canadian trade badge or that of a US quarter. Perhaps a fantasy patch, a home made one off or possibly a Royal Naval Division medic's patch??? Any help is appreciated.

When the ATS was first created they did not yet have a uniform and when they did it took time to get them fully issued. In he mean time the ATS girls wore their civilian clothes with an official small silver badge with the their number stamped on the back. This pin/badge identified them as members of the ATS. a nice badge to have for any ATS collection. An old picture and the London patch is actually upside down, as the sword shoudl point up. My silver badge is the small one next to it. Terry

Thanks Tony! Sorry I am just now seeing this. I have since finished the project and am now working my Canadian and Sout African Scottish displays. Two years of research, seeking badges and tartan and finally got it done.

I am finally closing in on finishing my display. Been working on it for 18 months now and have all of eh badges and proper tartan backings... but one questions remains in debate! The unanswered issue is did he Royal Scots Fusiliers wear both a rectangular and a square piece of Black Watch tartan behind their badge on he TOS, or just a square??? If both shapes then I just need to mount them and cover the cardboard backing with the red felt I got for it. If just the square, then i need to move he RHF badge and add another badge to the display. I would really rather have it sorted our before I put the red flannel on a cut the necessary holes in it. The attached picture is an old one and I have since obtained both the badges and the tartan necessary. Once done, I will start on my Canadian and SA badges. Have a couple lined up for the former, but being retired and a now smaller hobby fund, they have to take their turn, and just hope they are still available.

Now to get a NNS badge!!!😄

If you're wanting a Seaforths and Camerons Pipers Badge, I might be bale to get you one at our upcoming semi-annual show at the end of next month. I know a dealer who has one and if he is there I am sure he's still go it, so just let me know. Here's mine, as I collect Piper's badges when I can afford them. I have about six I think, and just nabbed a Royal Scots one! Terry

Very nice Tony! I am slowly working on a more complete army medical corps cap and collar collection. I recently picked up the badges for the Non "Vols" volunteer set, and also have he cap badge for he "Vols" but still looking for collars. Also picked up a set of Victorian badges,m cap and collars, and got this medical Staff badge, which is large so maybe some kind of shako badge? And, slowly working on my Commonwealth badges s well. Terry

My first thought is a naval uniform. Possibly RN or RCN.

I can say for he sure that the UTP, Life Guards and Royal Scots Fusiliers are fakes. Hope the attached pictures help and the RSF only had N-S lugs, never E-W.

I am not an expert on RN cap tally's but the back of hfe stitching is at least back to 1982 as the few Falklands Conflict tallies are like that. The newer and fake tallies have a solid looking rectangle of gold on the back of the stitching. I'll try to take some pictures of both and post them. Until then here are some of mine. Terry

Tony, That is one beautiful splash of red you have there. The only other real uniforms I have now (no more room after downsizing a few years back) are my fathers Air Force retirement uniform, my father's WW2 crew Chiefs uniform and an 82nd Airborne uniform worn by a dear friend who served in Afghanistan after graduating West Point. He gave me one of his combat worn uniforms. All of these are genuine treasures to me. https://www.ww2wings.com/wings/heroes/allanwebb/allanwebb.shtml I also have a nice 48th Highlanders doublet, which I think may be from the '60s??? Terry

Thank you Tony!!! It's a fun hobby for me! Terry

In looking back through this thread, the RSF badge is also a fake with E/W lugs, they should N/S, and there shoudl be a slight flat edge to the bomb. The JR Gaunt maker's ,ark is also fake as it was only something like 15 MM in length if that is supposed to be a wartime badge. I totally agree, buying badges is indeed a minefield, and if anyone ever tells you they never bought a fake, I would tend not to believe them. I have a box of them. But I still enjoy making the effort.I wish I could say there is a book that would tell us what to look for in all fakes, but sadly I am not aware of one. I have found looking at badges and talking to other collectors as well doing your own research is the best way to. Living in the US that is not always easy, and especially where i live, where if it doesn't have a broken cross o it you're out of luck! But being retired does give me lots of time to do research, and I have numerous files set up with details and information about badges and patches. Just FYI, here's my latest effort - a display of British Scottish badges with the appropriate tartan backing. I have all of the badges and tartan for the blank spaces, but won't have them in hand until after the first of the year., when I get my next batch shipment of buys. once I have them all the cardboard backing will be covered with red flannel and then the badges put back in place.

I know this is an old thread, but seeing it is an area I have great interest in. I want to share some info regrading the RHF Piper's TOS. That is the correct tartan to be worn on the TOS, and is Dress Red Erskine. What I am not sure of was it worn with a badge or just the white hackle. The cutting the piece of tartan could accommodate a badge with a slider, but i only know of RHF badges having lugs. That said, there could be a unique badge for pipers that has a slider, or this could confirm the hackle only thought. Terry

The Nova Scotia Highlanders wore this one pictured, MacDonald tartan, while the North Nova Scotia Highlanders wore the Murray of Atholl Tartan. Terry Murray of Atholl tartan, note in picture below of the badge, it is worn as a cross centered on the red stripes. North Nova Scotia on Murray of Atholl tartan. Nova Scotia Highlanders worn on MacDonald tartan Terry