Cap Badge Variants
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c1939-57
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Bullion
Officers Side Cap with Kings Crown, QE2 Crown for
Officers joining the Regiment post 1954.
Makers: Hand & Lock, London.
Metal
Officers silver plate cap badge, post 1952, x2 long loops E/W.
(The collar badge has shorter "D" loops, often found stretched
to make it appear to be a cap badge)
Officers (probably anodised) cap badge, post 1952
* Yet to find an example, the collar exists.
White Metal Cap Badge, post 1952.
* Factory converted ORs
Collar. Possibly a SNCO or Junior Officers Dress cap.
Officers H/M/Silver
J.R.Gaunt & Sons, Birmingham 1943.
x2 long loops E/W.
Officers gilt cap badge, x2 long loops E/W.
Officers Service Dress (OSD) cap badge, x2 Blades N/S.
Other Ranks
Yellow Metal
Post 1970 restrike,
J.RGAUNT B'HAM
* Collectors market badge
& OCA.
1952-57
White Metal
After 9th May 1952.
Gilding Metal, displaying the late die flaw.
After 9th May 1952.
Pattern Card held at IWM
Catalogue number: INS 2173
Production date: 1952
Materials badge, metal: white metal and gilding metal
FULL NAME: badge, standard pattern, Leicestershire Yeomanry
(Prince Albert's Own)
SIMPLE NAME: badge, headdress: British
Creator: JR Gaunt London
Category: uniforms and insignia
Card Reverse: Blank.
Card Front: badge, card, seal.
Badge: the crest of the Prince
Consort with a scroll above inscribed Prince Albert's Own Yeo
and below this another scroll inscribed South Africa 1900-02;
badge in white metal, slider in gilding metal.
Card: Inspectorate
of Clothing Ministry of Supply Pattern No. 15031 Spec. No.
UK/CIC/208B Cat. No. CB 2540 Standard (Working, deleted)
Pattern; inscribed, Badges, Cap Leicestershire Yeomanry WM To
guide for Spec UK/CIC/2124 in Anodised Aluminium Cat No CB 3183;
approved by ORD 17 9-5-1952; authority given as ENC 36 to
54/Officers/4051 (ORD 17) IC/C/1188; signed CA Bird.
Seal: the
shield of the Arms of the Board of Ordnance encircled Chief
Inspector.
Card attached badge: LEICESTER PRINCE ALBERT'S OWN YEO SOUTH
AFRICA 1900-02
Other Ranks
1939-52
Gilding Metal (Unmarked slider)
* Chromed, early Cold
War.
Gilding-metal
11mm J.R.GAUNT LONDON Makers Mark
Pattern Card held at the IWM (One)
Catalogue number: INS 3485
Materials badge: gilding metal
Alternative Names:
FULL NAME: badge, standard pattern, Leicestershire Yeomanry
(Prince Albert's Own)
SIMPLE NAME: badge, headdress: British
Category: uniforms and insignia
Label: reverse inscribed 12/12/39 followed by initials
(illegible).
Card: Badge, label, seal.
Badge: the crest of the Prince Consort
with a scroll above inscribed Prince Albert's Own Yeo and below
this another scroll inscribed South Africa 1900-02
Label:
printed, Clothing Inspection Division Standard Specification No.
U/208 Cat No. CB 1239 Pattern No. 3620; inscribed, Badges Cap
Yeomanry:- Leicestershire; signed AB Arding.
Seal: the shield of
the Arms of the Board of Ordnance encircled Chief Inspector.
Card embossed: LEICESTER PRINCE ALBERT'S OWN YEO SOUTH AFRICA
1900-02
Gilding-metal (Other Ranks)
11mm J.R.GAUNT.LONDON Makers Mark
Pattern Card held at the IWM (Two)
Catalogue number: INS 2552
Production date: 1940
Materials badge: gilding metal
FULL NAME: badge, standard pattern, Leicestershire Yeomanry
(Prince Albert's Own)
SIMPLE NAME: badge, headdress: British
Category: uniforms and insignia
Card reverse: Blank
Card front: badge, card, seal badge: the crest of the Prince
Consort with a scroll above inscribed Leicestershire; below the
crest a scroll inscribed Prince Albert's Own Yeo and below this
another scroll inscribed South Africa 1900-02.
Card: Headed, CB
1239 Royal Army Clothing Department Pattern No. 3620 Standard
(Sample deleted); inscribed, Badges Cap :- Leicestershire
Yeomanry; authority given as S&C ID/1344/1; signed CA Bird;
Renewed 15/10/40.
Seal: the shield of the Arms of the Board of
Ordnance encircled Chief Inspector.
Card attached: LEICESTERSHIRE PRINCE ALBERT'S OWN YEO SOUTH
AFRICA 1900-02
Gilding-metal (Other Ranks)
11mm J.R.GAUNTLONDON Makers Mark
Pattern Card held at the IWM (Three)
Catalogue number: INS 2555
Production date: 1941
Materials badge: gilding metal
FULL NAME: badge, standard pattern, Leicestershire Yeomanry
(Prince Albert's Own)
SIMPLE NAME: badge, headdress: British
Category: uniforms and insignia
Card reverse: Blank
Card front: Badge, card, seal badge: the crest of the Prince
Consort with a scroll above inscribed Leicestershire; below the
crest a scroll inscribed Prince Albert's Own Yeo and below this
another scroll inscribed South Africa 1900-02.
Card: Headed, CB
1239 Royal Army Clothing Department Pattern No. 3620 Standard
Sample; inscribed, Badges Cap :- Leicestershire Yeomanry;
authority given as S&C ID/1344/1; signed CA Bird; dated 24/4/22;
Renewed 24/4/41.
Seal: The shield of the Arms of the Board of
Ordnance encircled Chief Inspector.
Card attached: LEICESTERSHIRE PRINCE ALBERT'S OWN YEO SOUTH
AFRICA 1900-02
Polished beret badge with its scarlet backing.
11mm J.R.GAUNTLONDON Makers Mark
Beret badge with a faded red backing.
No Makers Mark
Gilding Metal, in near mint condition.
Unmarked slider.
1942 Ministry of Information photo card.
Unmarked slider.
* Service Polished
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