British Army Infantry Cap Badge Reproduction Gallery

March 13, 2025

In this British Army infantry cap badge reproduction gallery, we show reproduction and fake regular infantry, territorial force, and volunteer cap badges for collectors and enthusiasts.

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THE FAKES

The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment

A faked WW2 pattern West Surrey cap badge. The sheep looks rather miffed, poorly defined, and blocky. Note the genuine sheep head and flag for comparison. In this case the 15 mm GAUNT fake mark appears, but it doesn't always.

The Essex Regiment

This fake Essex Regiment badge will and has caught out catch many dealers and collectors alike. The presence of the braze sweat holes is what causes the confusion I believe. Caution; the presence of sweat holes alone is not sufficient to make the badge genuine. In fact, on this badge design I've seen variations of the placement of the sweat holes, indicating a damaged or modified die during the restrike process.

In this example the Sphynx is rather upright and sat back, with long front legs. Also the presence of the infamous 15 mm GAUNT maker mark gives it away; some of these badges don't have this mark though. The quality is quite good.

The Rifle Brigade

A poor quality fake but a good fake in the sense that it provides some good examples of things to avoid. Notably the extremely poor detail to the reverse striking. A true sign of a fake. The material used is rather odd, it appears to be a tainted white metal. True badges are crisp and bright with an extremely fine stamping.

The central Crown on this badge is rather childish in nature. Reject it. The proper Crown is shown. Most originals do not have the section above the "Prince Consort's Own" banner voided.

The War Raised Highland Regiment

A commonly seen fake of this Second World War raised regiment. They can be tricky to spot given their close die stamping to the originals. However lug positioning is usually too high on the copies. The blue line demonstrating true lug positioning.

The War Raised Lowland Regiment

As per the above Highland Regiment fake, the same applies for the proliferation of the Lowland Regiment Glengarry badge. Again, mount positions give it away, it s always of 4-lugs in the pattern highlighted blue. Avoid badges with any other lug pattern (2-lugs, 3-lugs seen) and slider mounts.

The Norfolk Regiment

This pattern of the Norfolk Regiment was officer pattern only, in gilt, but maybe also in bronze for the service dress. It should only be found in these materials and finishes, with either strap/tang mounts (bronze OSD) or lug mounts (gilt).

The bi-metal badge seen with lugs or a slider is considered to be a fantasy badge produced from officer badge dies. Here is an example of such a fake.

The King's Royal Rifle Corps

A fantasy (Victorian era ) scaled down cap badge of small size (33 x 46 mm), blackened brass. The battle honours composed mainly of dots and strikes.

10th Battalion Paddington Rifles

A very scarce badge somehow regularly found on the market. Here is an example of what I believe to be a faked cap badge. Some features are: high and thin crown, originals are lower and wider profile; die flaw between letter "I" and "F" of rifles, as shown by red bar; inner circlet stippling looks more like moon craters; seemingly random lug placement which would mean the badge being quite uneven when worn.