Some British Cap Badges

[Avitas]

Hello all,

My thread on Canadian and other Commonwealth cap badges is getting lenghthy, so I decided to put all my purely Brit cap badges on this topic. I really don't know much about the British cap badges (Canadians are my thing) so any info, no matter how small it may seem, is helpful to me (ie. ww1 or ww2, info on regiments etc).

First up is my fave, an Armoured Corps cap badge with "Fear Naught" written on it. Any ideas on this badge?

Thanks,

Pat

[Avitas]

reverse of Fear Naught cap badge..

[Avitas]

Next up is my Leeds Rifles, Westyorkshire Regt. cap badge. Any ideas on the approxamite date for this and the other badges are very helpful.

Thanks,

Pat

[Avitas]

the reverse of the Leeds rifles badge..

[Avitas]

Here we have my Suffolk Regt cap badge. I think this is a ww2 issue. I like the two colour finish on these badges. Again, any info is great on these.

Pat

[Avitas]

and the back of the Suffolk Regiment cap badge. I noticed it says Gibraltar on this one, any significance of this?

Thanks,Pat

[Avitas]

One more for today, this is a ww1 British artillery cap badge I believe. It is broken on the reverse, but a nice one nonetheless. Can anyone confirm the ww1 estimate?

Thanks,

Pat

[Avitas]

finally, the reverse of the artillery cap badge. Please leave any info and opinions on any of these badges if you like.

Thanks again,

Pat

[Jef]

Hello Avitas,

Regarding your artillerybadge. I have some badges which were found in the area of Ypres. 200% WWI. Grandparents were living on historic places. If something was found, a badge, button.... it was put into a box....almost 50 years long. Ten years ago, I got the box. I couldn't believe my eyes.........

Everything was very oxydated and I cleaned it with nitric acid.

I also would like to add, sometimes we see badges as a collecting items, but let us also show respect for the owner. These badges were lost in battle, in many cases the owner lost his life.

this item has a closed part between the spoke's

Jef

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[Jef]

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[Jef]

[attachmentid=41820]Another badge, an officer badge. After being several years in the soil, the wheel is still turning

[Jef]

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Sorry, this is the reverse of the first badge

[Jef]

Badge 3 Territorial Force Artillery

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[Jef]

Reverse badge 3

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[Jef]

Badge 4: open space between spokes of the wheel

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[Jef]

Reverse badge 4

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[Jef]

Badge 5, no space between spokes of wheel, wheel completely closed

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[Jef]

Reverse of the last badge. Some people might think some reverses are cleaner than the revers of another badge. This was my fault. The longer you put the badge in the acid, the cleaner it is.

Dear Avitas, hope you can ID your badge as a WWI badge

Kind regards from Flanders,

Jef

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[Avitas]

Nice examples Jef

It is true that we should think of the people that earned these badges, as this is the main reason I collect, to hopefully someday be able to show and tell people the history of these items. It appears mine is a WW1 issue, but it is not a match to any you have posted. It has a maker mark of Irwin? London so if anyone knows about this maker please leave some info,

Thanks again,

Pat

[Jef]

Nice examples Jef

It is true that we should think of the people that earned these badges, as this is the main reason I collect, to hopefully someday be able to show and tell people the history of these items. It appears mine is a WW1 issue, but it is not a match to any you have posted. It has a maker mark of Irwin? London so if anyone knows about this maker please leave some info,

Thanks again,

Pat

You' re welcome Pat, always.

Jef

[Laurence Strong]

Pat

Is your Arty badge a brown color? If so that would also be an officer's hat badge. Here's my example it's a pre-unification. I can't say if your's is WW1, just that it has the "Tudor crown" or "Kings crown".

[Avitas]

Hi Larry,

Yes the badge has the brown colour so I would reckon it is an officer's badge. I also have a Calgary Highlanders badge in the brown colour, so I assume it is an officers cap badge as well? Here is a pic with the brown colour and a standard one I would say.

Pat

[Laurence Strong]

Hi Pat

Not sure what to say there, here is a merged photo of current day cal High badges with the Officers on the left I think. Well had a few hours at home and now it's back off to work. talk to you all next time I can find an Internet connection

[harribobs]

Nice examples Jef

It is true that we should think of the people that earned these badges, as this is the main reason I collect, to hopefully someday be able to show and tell people the history of these items. It appears mine is a WW1 issue, but it is not a match to any you have posted. It has a maker mark of Irwin? London so if anyone knows about this maker please leave some info,

Thanks again,

Pat

i think you'll find the maker is FIRMIN

[Jef]

i think you'll find the maker is FIRMIN

Hello Harribobs,

Thank you for your message. Considering it's age and the terrible times they went through, I'm afraid I cannot see any marks on it. Normally the makers mark is on the fix pin, I guess(?) but these pin's are broken off.

best regards,

Jef