Cameronians cap badge query

[RobCH]

Dear All, my father served in the Cameronians in WW2 in India. I have two cap badges of his, and I am seeking information on one of them. It is not silver but cast to a very high quality of detail compared to most I have seen, and the reverse is not hollow but flat. 80mm width. I have not seen another badge quite like this and would like to know if it is in any way unusual. Can anyone help with information please? Many thanks

[GuyB]

It's a very nice example of a Cameronian SNCO's badge worn between around 1901 to 1958. Was your father a Sergeant, Colour Sergeant or Warrant Officer?

[RobCH]

Thanks Guy. He was finally a Captain, I believe, but I don't know at what rank he enlisted. Your rapid recognition of the badge leads me to believe it is fairly common, or at least not uncommon.

[GuyB]

Thanks Guy. He was finally a Captain, I believe, but I don't know at what rank he enlisted. Your rapid recognition of the badge leads me to believe it is fairly common, or at least not uncommon.

Apologies. In that case, it may well be a commissioned officers cap badge in silver plate or unmarked silver made locally in India. Sometimes Scottish SNCO and Officers cap badges can be almost identical in design but constructed out of different materials.

In fact, they are not that common, it's just that Scottish cap badges are heavily researched area.

[RobCH]

Apologies. In that case, it may well be a commissioned officers cap badge in silver plate or unmarked silver made locally in India. Sometimes Scottish SNCO and Officers cap badges can be almost identical in design but constructed out of different materials.

In fact, they are not that common, it's just that Scottish cap badges are heavily researched area.

Guy, thanks again, and certainly no apologies necessary. The made-locally possibility had not occurred to me. I don't think it's silver - a conclusion based solely on its tarnish-free state - but I will see if this can be checked. What struck me most, and I have not yet seen elsewhere even on silver badges, is such high quality of detail, for example on the bugle ribbons. It's a lovely badge, and one to treasure.