max7474 Posted 11 November , 2006 Share Posted 11 November , 2006 All, I have a East Surrey regiment badge which is an oddity as it has a Victorian coronet which would suggest it dates pre-1901 but a slider on it which genrally come into use 10 years later. I am satisfied it is an original and I have seen several of this design with the slider in WW1 collections including the old soldier belts with other WW1 era badges. Now I know in the rush to make badges old dies were reused in WW1 - the Cameron badge for example was produced again in the old pattern without the scroll, the question is is this an example of this re-use of old dies or was the regiment still wearingt he coronet design beyond 1901? does any one have any idea or even photographic evidence? Many thanks Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulianB Posted 13 November , 2006 Share Posted 13 November , 2006 Whilst perusing through the RACD records at Kew, I noted that the slider or 'vertical shank' came in much earlier than I thought. I found references from as early as 1903, then quite a lot in 1905 / 1906. J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max7474 Posted 13 November , 2006 Author Share Posted 13 November , 2006 Many thanks. I have seen pre 1906 7th DG badges with sliders as well. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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