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Royal Engineers Badge #003

View Full-Size Image	Royal Engineers Badge #003 3.1" (79mm) Diameter


	Badge details: Royal Engineers George V badge. Size: 79 mm (3.1") diameter, 43 mm (1.7") high. Weight: 400 g (14.1 ozs) Metal (glass tint): - . UV longwave - see below UV shortwave - . Specific Gravity - not measured. Notes: "I studied badge weights a few years ago and came to the conclusion that all of the badge weights I had observed contained badges from a period before World War Two; most of them were from World War One. The one that got me started on looking closely for the dates was the Royal Engineer badge, which contained a V in the center for George V, who did not reign during World War Two. I actually acquired original cap badges for all my weights, and matching them up told me that they were all from World War One. I was puzzled until I visited Salvador Ysart (Paul's son) in 2004. When asked about the badge weights, he remembered his father bringing home a large box of cap badges and military medals one night. It was this stockpile that produced the badge weights. - Colin Mahoney 2008" Long wave UV fluorescence indicates they're all from the same period as the two Bergstrom weights (overlay & triple botterfly), which I call the pre-war Moncrieff period. I know that the fluorescence changed after the war, but I don't know exactly when it changed during the war. Images and text ©2008 Colin Mahoney