| Before you bid on a military cap badge offered for | | | | Any Corps badges about £5 to.. £8 |
| sale on eBay, here are a few tips which could help | | | | pounds. |
| stop you ending up with an expensive restrike or | | | | Infantry regiment badges.. £7 to £12 |
| copy cap badge. | | | | pounds. |
| Check out the seller do they give the impression that | | | | The rarer Yeomanry badges..about £15 to |
| they know what they are talking about when it | | | | £20+ pounds. |
| comes to military badges. If so, then they should | | | | And the Cavalry Cap badges..£15 to |
| have a reasonable idea about the value and worth of | | | | £20+ pounds upwards. these are only the |
| the badges they are selling. | | | | average to minimum prices give or take a little. |
| To simplify the point this is a rough guide to what | | | | An Irish regiment especially the ones disbanded after |
| you should expect to pay: | | | | WW1, with the independence of the Irish Republic, |
| For restrike or copy British cap badges that can be | | | | are very rare so will be at a premium starting around |
| are readily found on the internet, (just do a search | | | | £20+ pounds. As will the regimental cap |
| for restrike badges). The prices for these cap badges | | | | badges created in the 1930's and then disbanded at |
| should range from £3 to £6 pounds | | | | the end of world war 2. |
| depending on the regiment, era and how rare the cap | | | | So if you get the impression that the seller knows |
| badge. | | | | what they are selling, you should ask yourself why |
| Now below are the prices you should expect to pay | | | | are they so keen to sell a 20+ pound cap badge for |
| for an original cap badge from a collector or military | | | | peanuts. |
| dealer who knows his stuff, should be: | | | | |