Cap badge, other ranks, Grenadier Guards, 1943-1946.
Plastic ‘Economy’ issue, with brass prong fittings upon the reverse. Manufactured by Fraser & Glass, Hornsey, London.
Introduced to economise on brass and other metals in badge production. Contracts ran from February 1942 through to June 1946. They were produced in several colours including silver, brass, chocolate brown, mid brown, black and dark blue for the Royal Marines.
A flaming grenade. Impressed into the reverse, in an oval cartouche, the manufacturer's initials. 'F & G'.
From the collection of Maj H G Parkyn.