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Just sorting through the outer edges of my collection in the zone where things need "tidying up and nailing down" reside.

US insignia, as relevant as it is to my areas of interest does not feature in great number in my collection so I am not as well versed as perhaps I should be.

For some years I have had a few US cap badges and have always been aware of differences between them. I always meant to research them so that I might correctly place them but have yet to achieve that.

Here are four officers visor cap badges that I would like some advice on;

1. Is slightly smaller in comparison to recent pieces I have seen and I believe it to be WWII as the wing tips curve outwards quite obviously (I am told that is an idicator). It is brass and from the reverse looks like it might have been electro-plated. It has no maker marks.

2. Is the same size and appears gilt rather than elctro-plated and may originally have been frosted. The detail is excellent and it appears to be cast rather than die-stamped. The gilt seems 100% intact so I cannot see the base metal but from the level of detail and the weight I suspect it might be silver / silver alloy. The cloud is radically different in design but still has 13 stars. It is marked on the reverse for the Maker Ludlow of London but I suppose that just means it is post 1942.

3 & 4. Two very similar badges that I believe to be post war but can’t say more than that. They are both the same design and are larger than the first two. The are both plated brass . However, they appear to be from different dies if not different makers and have screw posts located in different places. Is this significant? Neither is marked.

So, I am challenging fellow members with the required expertise (I know you are out there, I can see you;) ) to help me to correctly pigeon hole these birds in my collection;

Regards

Mark

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Stumbled across this article while surfing the net this morning, and I’d be interesting to hear what others think about it.

Getting Rid of Nazi Memorabilia Is Harder Than It Sounds - VICE

It seems to be centred around the idea - once again - that all collectors of Third Reich militaria must be ideologically motivated. Not may be, but ‘must’ be.

Why else would someone want to collect things related to the Nazis, after all? Historical interest? Don’t be silly! We’re all skinheads and neo-Nazi nutters!

This sort of logic really gets to me, mainly because it’s attacking me - and by extension all of us - on a personal level. How can someone who’s never met a militaria collector in their life make such massive judgements on their motivations and ethics? How can they possibly justify tarring everyone with the same dirty brush? Can they read minds? Are the Thought Police watching us through our telescreens?

The alarming thing is that this dogmatic, reactionary school of thought seems to be getting to the point of being commonplace. People don’t judge others on their personal merits anymore. They don’t care about the facts or about reality. They simply accept the logic they’re spoonfed and leave it at that. No time for individual thought or common sense.

This worries me deeply. If this kind of thinking becomes ingrained in society, how will the physical remnants of the past survive? How much of it will be destroyed because it makes people uncomfortable?

The past is unpleasant, horrific even. But that’s no excuse to try to censor it.

Rant over. Thoughts, everyone?

Regards, B.B.

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I would like to know your opinion about these shoulder boards. The stars, I think are postwar (50s?). What about shoulder boards? They are diffrent from the other I know, for example reverse… Private made?

Thank you !

I would like to know your opinion about these shoulder boards. The stars, I think are postwar (50s?). What about shoulder boards? They are diffrent from the other I know, for example reverse… Private made?

Thank you !