The Dorset Regiment Cap Badge - Birmingham Mint Issue

In good condition, a Birmingham Mint collectors' issue. These were well made collectables. A collectors edition issued with a silver medallion for each regiment. They are often misidentified and described and sold as 'Officer' badges, with sliders. 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 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 Household Division was produced in a small frame (credit for information BMBF). See https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/forums/album.php?albumid=767 D80.4