Keith Blakeman

I have the Buffs badge somewhere and it looks identical to the one you show.

I used to have one too, I was so p****d off when it arrived I chucked it in the bin. I hoped I'd got hold of a rare territorial.

Keith

I need some help from those of you used to spotting and identifying small blurry objects in photos.

Which regiment do you think this cap badge belongs to? I'm leaning towards the East Yorkshire regiment or possibly the Cheshire regiment.

Now this one is difficult.

Can anyone read the sholuder title here?

I have both soldier's names so can cross check with the online NA site I hope.

Thanks

Tony

Tony,

The cap is definently the East Yorkshire Regiment. Having trouble with the title though.

Keith

Ed

I won't even talk about the @#** camera. Suffice it to say that technology ain't all it's cracked up to be. I will need to donwload some better editing software and get a tutorial on postring to this site before I put any images up.

Peter,

I can recommend a free photo editing programme called "IRFANVIEW". You can convert bitmaps to jpegs and it also has a very useful reducer.

Keith

Finally got a nickel one. Same distinguishing features as the silver one above, void behind the tail, skinny leg, etc. Also very clearly stamped lettering at the rear.

Keith

And the source of these nice items please, Tony?

Keith

I was tempted to start collecting Canadian cap badges as there are some really beatiful ones around, but when you see the price of them, phew forget it. I though British badges were expensive but over $1000 for some CEF ones!! I love to see more WW1 examples posted though please.

Keith

Something else I've just noticed.

There are 2 beads on the lower part of the crown that look similar to splashes on steel when welding.

Tony

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Hi Tony,

Very hard to say, but my first impressions are it looks OK. My w/m is very strong and the edging gives alot of re-inforcement. I notice yours is quite deeply stamped with the edging too. K & K only mention a w/m one. Is your just dirty or it is a blackened one ? As for the spots, who knows. Maybe it came from a different die. I would think that with all the voiding this would be a very time consuming badge to make so maybe more than one manufacturer was involved, hence the two rather than three loops. Does anyone know roughly how many a territorial battalion would need over six years of peacetime.

As a footnote when I bought mine it also came with a pair of matching collars and all three items had the red felt backing.

I'll re-scan mine on higher definition next week and send you the pics for comparision.

Keith

Ralph & Andy

Here's a genuine one in silver. The main points are the void underneath the tail and the thin front legs with the left one angled further back in the stance. There's also a different expression in the head features and various other ripples in the skin. It's also 3mm thick in places.

It's a very difficult badge to judge, especially from photos. Have a look on ebay under the seller 'hantsreg' who's currently listing a restrike (and advertising it as one too, good for him) which doesn't look a whole lot different from this one. Restrikes appeared many, many years ago. I'm satisfied with this one, it's extremely heavy too.

Keith

28th Battlion London Regt, the Artists' Rifles and the 16th Battlion, Queens Westminster Rifles.

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Tony,

Your 16th London is actually not what it seems, it's better. It's a Queen's Westminster Rifle Volunteers 1902-08 (King's crown version) or 13th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers, King's Royal Rifle Corps 6th Volunteer Battalion. Later to become the 16th County of London (Queen's Westminster Rifles) in the 1908 formation of the Territorial Force and The London Regiment. Worth about ?75.

Is it actually whitemetal as mine is and with three loops ?

Keith