Birmingham Mint Souvenir Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (RNF) Silver Plated & Gilt Cap Badge

In good condition with no damage and original slider. Often mistaken as an officer's badge but part of a commemorative set. The giveaway on this badge is the method of attaching the silver plated circlet, which has metal fixing tangs. (Please note there is a correct pattern of this cap badge worn by officers with a smaller slider but without the aforementioned tangs).

The Birmingham Mint purchased J R Gaunt in 1973 and shortly afterwards they manufactured and marketed a set of 52 Line Infantry Regiment cap badges with commemorative hallmarked silver medallions. The badges and medallions were described as a “Tribute to the 52 Time Honoured Regiments of the Line that have passed into legend” and were sold in a ‘Limited Edition’ of 3000 sets in monthly instalments to collectors. The set was complemented by a military style wooden chest with two fitted drawers. In 1977 an additional set of 11 badges and 12 medallions representing the ‘Queen’s Guards’ was produced in a small frame.

See the following URL for details about this commemorative set:

https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/forums/album.php?albumid=767

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Code: 68908