Info on badge please

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  1. Alfa2296

    Alfa2296 Member

    IMG_20200627_191017_resize_61_compress68.jpg IMG_20200627_191131_resize_72_compress82.jpg IMG_20200627_191017_resize_61_compress68.jpg IMG_20200627_191131_resize_72_compress82.jpg anyone know or seen this badge before? cant find anything about it :(
     
    Alfa2296, Jun 27, 2020
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  3. Rabid Collector

    Rabid Collector Well-Known Member

    GR stands for George Rex so would have either been George V or George the VI. The backing of the badge looks like a ribbon of a medal.
     
    Rabid Collector, Aug 7, 2020
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  4. Pegasus52

    Pegasus52 New Member

    Most likely a "sweetheart" badge/pin, given to a soldier's nearest and dearest. It's a nice quality piece but not worth a great deal due to the Royal Engineers being such a large unit; perhaps £10-20.

    I did a search on the patent no. and came across a similar badge to the London Scottish Regiment here (third badge down) :-

    https://www.regimentalbrooches.com/shop.php?c=271

    As Rabid Collector mentioned, both badges have a piece of medal ribbon inserted in the back. I don't recognise either as being to any British medal issued since 1914.

    Oh, and like the badge in the link, it's WWI period.

    Hope that helps.
     
    Pegasus52, Sep 8, 2020
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