The 4th ( Queen's Own ) Hussars Other Ranks Bi-metal Cap Badge
Bi-metal badge with original slider. In good condition with sharp detail.
The motto 'Mente et manu' means 'With heart and hand'. In 1958 the regiment was merged with the 8th Hussars.
K&K Vol 1, Fig. 756 refers.
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Household Cavalry Other Ranks Forage Cap Badge GV Cypher
A die struck brass cap badge with two original loops to the reverse, which have been nipped together but still fully functional. Good detail.
Whilst on the service cress cap the two Life Guard regiments and the Royal Horse Guards wore their own regimental badges, on the forage cap, the three regiments (which became two regiments post 1922), wore a cap badge with the Garter mot... read more
1st Life Guards GV Other Ranks Brass Cap Badge
An early WW1 GV pattern cap badge worn from 1913 onwards with original slider to the reverse. In good condition but some traces of polish residue. Scarce.
The First and Second Life Guards were amalgamated in 1922 to form The Life Guards ( 1st & 2nd ).
K&K Vol 1, Fig. 727 refers.
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2nd Life Guards GV Other Ranks Brass Cap Badge
An early WW1 GV pattern cap badge worn from 1913 onwards with original slider to the reverse. A good striking but with traces of dry polish and also some detail to the crown polished. Scarce.
The First and Second Life Guards were amalgamated in 1922 to form The Life Guards ( 1st & 2nd ).
K&K Vol 1, Fig. 728 refers.
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Royal Horse Guards ( The Blues ) GV Other Ranks Bronzed Cap Badge
An early WW1 GV pattern bronze cap badge worn from 1913 onwards with original slider to the reverse. A really good sharp striking in excellent good condition. Scarce.
The Regiment was amalgamated with the 1st Royal Dragoons in 1969 to form the Blues & Royals.
K&K Vol 1, Fig. 731 refers.
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The Household Battalion - WW1 War Raised Unit - Reservists from The Household Cavalry, c.1916 - 1918
A large oval badge with a bronzed finish and with original slider to reverse. Circa 5.7cm tall.
Strictly not a cavalry regiment, The Household Battalion was raised as an infantry battalion in September 1916 from reservists of the Household Cavalry ( 1st and 2nd Life Guards and Royal Horse Guards ) and served on the Western Front as part of the 4th Division.
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1st ( King's ) Dragoon Guards Other Ranks Brass Cap Badge - pre 1915 pattern (Type 1)
An all brass cap badge in very good condition with original slider. Scarce.
The 1st Dragoon Guards wore until 1915, the brass eagle from the Arms of the Emperor Francis Joseph I of Austria who was their Colonel-in-Chief from 1896 to 1914, with title scroll below. With Austria being aligned against the allies in WW1, his insignia was discontinued in 1915, and replace... read more
1st ( King's ) Dragoon Guards Other Ranks Bi--Metal Cap Badge - post 1915 pattern (Type 2)
A Bi-metal cap badge in good condition with original slider and original strengthening bar to the reverse, along with two sweat / braising holes behind the central device.
In 1915, the rather grand double-headed brass Austrian eagle was replaced with this bi-metal eight-pointed star. It was worn until 1937, when the brass eagle was resumed but without the scroll. The Regiment wa... read more
2nd Dragoon Guards ( The Queen's Bays ) Other Ranks Brass Cap Badge
A gilding metal cap badge, with good detail, original slider but some verdigris to the reverse which is showing very slight to the front. Can be stopped with a wipe of WD40!
For just over sixty years, the regiment wore the same plain pattern brass badge, differing only in the successive three crowns: the QVC (angular type), K/C Tudor Crown (a domed variety as worn in 191... read more
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3rd ( Prince of Wales's ) Dragoon Guards Other Ranks Bi-metal Cap Badge ( Type 1 - Flat Topped 3)
A good strong badge with original slider (some initials lightly scratched to the reverse of slider), with large circular sweat/ braising hole behind the coronet. Sharp detail.
In 1914, the Regiment wore set of three white metal plumes and motto, brass coronet and scroll. although two different strikes used varying patterns of the numeral '3', one flat-topped and the othe... read more
45.00 GBP