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

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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