WWI BRITISH ARMY TANK CORPS BRASS CAP BADGE TAPERED SLIDER J.R.GAUNT LONDON MARK For Sale

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WWI BRITISH ARMY TANK CORPS BRASS CAP BADGE TAPERED SLIDER J.R.GAUNT LONDON MARK:
$150.00

ORIGINAL!WWI BRITISH ARMY TANK CORPS BRASS CAP BADGE TAPERED SLIDER J.R.GAUNT LONDON MARK

WWI BRITISH ARMY TANK CORPS BRASS CAP BADGE TAPERED SLIDER J.R.GAUNT LONDON MARK

COUNTRY/REGION OF MANUFACTURE: UNITED KINGDOM

MAKER: J.R. GAUNT LONDON (STAMPED ON SLIDER)

REGIMENT: TANK CORPS (ORIGINAL 1917 DESIGN)

MATERIAL: SOLID BRASS

FIXING TYPE: ORIGINAL TAPERED VERTICAL SLIDER

TYPE: BADGES / INSIGNIA

THEME: MILITARIA

ERA: WORLD WAR I (1914-1918) / GREAT WAR

UP FOR SALE IS AN EXTREMELY RARE AND AUTHENTIC ORIGINAL WORLD WAR I BRITISH MILITARY CAP BADGE MANUFACTURED BY THE ELITE INSIGNIA MAKER J.R. GAUNT LONDON.THIS IS THE HIGHLY COVETED FIRST ITERATION TANK CORPS DESIGN INTRODUCED IN 1917. UNLIKE THE COMMON INTER-WAR AND WWII RE-ISSUES, THIS TRUE GREAT WAR VARIANT DOES NOT FEATURE THE "FEAR NAUGHT" MOTTO. INSTEAD, IT SHOWCASES THE ORIGINAL EMBOSSED "TANK CORPS" SCROLL RUNNING BENEATH A THREE-QUARTERS FRONT VIEW OF A WWI HEAVY TANK, ENCIRCLED BY A LAUREL WREATH AND SURMOUNTED BY THE KING'S CROWN.

• THIS PIECE IS INDISPUTABLY GENUINE, APPOINTED WITH THE CORRECT PERIOD-ACCURATE TAPERED VERTICAL SLIDER RATHER THAN LATER WW2 PROFILES.

  
  

  
  

  • OVERALL CONDITION: EXCELLENT HISTORIC PIECE WITH A STUNNING, GENUINE AGED NATURAL PATINA.
  • FRONT DETAIL: DIE-STRUCK WITH IMMACULATE SHARPNESS, SHOWING CRISP DETAILS ON THE HISTORIC TANK TREADS, CROWN, AND TEXT SCROLLWORK.
  • REVERSE SIDE: FEATURES ITS ORIGINAL, SOLID, NOT-REPAIRED TAPERED VERTICAL SLIDER.
  • MAKER’S MARK: THE TAPERED SLIDER IS CRISPLY AND LEGIBLY STAMPED WITH THE HISTORICAL "J.R. GAUNT LONDON" HALLMARK, CONFIRMING ABSOLUTE PERIOD AUTHENTICITY.
  • MATERIAL: SOLID BRASS
  • ATTACHMENT: TAPERED VERTICAL SLIDER (INTACT)

  • DESIGN DATE VARIANT: 1917

  • DIMENSIONS (HEIGHT) 1 15/16"
    

  • WEIGHT: 1/2 OZ.

  
  

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