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Title: Come in number 48 Post by: SpineyDave on May 07, 2014, 08:39:27 PM Found this one this evening here in Hereford Looks like a horse brass perhaps?
It has three lugs on the back, and is shown against a two pound coin. Title: Re: Come in number 48 Post by: Christoph1945 on May 07, 2014, 08:42:32 PM Military horse brass?
Title: Re: Come in number 48 Post by: handyman [Alan} on May 07, 2014, 08:43:19 PM straight away i'd go with the background of the 48th regiment
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/48th_%28Northamptonshire%29_Regiment_of_Foot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/48th_%28Northamptonshire%29_Regiment_of_Foot) Title: Re: Come in number 48 Post by: SpineyDave on May 07, 2014, 08:51:33 PM Around from 1741 to 1881, and how did it get to a field in Hereford ?
It's an interesting history, thanks Alan. Title: Re: Come in number 48 Post by: handyman [Alan} on May 07, 2014, 09:13:55 PM Yep, that's for you to research,like I,m researching how a canAdian grenadier guards badge came up in a northAmptonshire field! Over to you!,
Title: Re: Come in number 48 Post by: cardiffian on May 07, 2014, 09:59:59 PM I thought it more likely to be a shoulder belt plate/badge or cross belt plate/badge. Not so sure about the size though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoulder_belt_(military) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoulder_belt_(military)) Alan. Title: Re: Come in number 48 Post by: Dryland on May 07, 2014, 10:01:54 PM Thats a nice find Dave, well found
Title: Re: Come in number 48 Post by: cardiffian on May 07, 2014, 10:12:20 PM Another example.
http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishinfantry/26thfootbadge1805.htm (http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishinfantry/26thfootbadge1805.htm) Title: Re: Come in number 48 Post by: marknewbury1 on May 07, 2014, 10:29:36 PM Another example. http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishinfantry/26thfootbadge1805.htm (http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishinfantry/26thfootbadge1805.htm) [/quo on holidays Title: Re: Come in number 48 Post by: probono on May 07, 2014, 10:40:39 PM That's a nice - and interesting - find
Title: Re: Come in number 48 Post by: Chef Geoff on May 07, 2014, 10:45:36 PM I would think Alan's on the money with a shoulder belt name plate but the size and the three lugs would make it about right as a shako plate though I must admit I can't find any of that design...lovely find
Title: Re: Come in number 48 Post by: Chef Geoff on May 07, 2014, 10:58:35 PM Yep, that's for you to research,like I,m researching how a canAdian grenadier guards badge came up in a northAmptonshire field! Over to you!, Alan the Guards were posted to England in 1942 and here's where they stayed until D day in 1944 also in the first war one battalion was sent here in 1917 and never got shipped over to France and returned in 1919 so 4 years they were here in total ;) Title: Re: Come in number 48 Post by: handyman [Alan} on May 08, 2014, 03:47:57 AM Thanks Geoff
I do have info fthat they were here earlier in ww1, 1916, and that they were operating around Salisbury plain. There are no records at present of them being in Northamptonshire, so how the ww1 badge ended up here, is still a mystery. There are 3names on the local war memorial, that are from canada, but none of them were in the 87th. The search continues, and once I have the full story I shall write it up. Cheers |