Birmingham Mint Souvenir Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment) Gilt Cap Badge

Smaller pattern as worn on the beret with original slider. In very good condition. Not an official issue but a commemorative souvenir. Sold as seen.

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 hallmarked silver 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 ‘Queen’s Guards’ was produced in a small frame.

See the following URL for details about this commemorative set:

https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/forums/album.php?albumid=767

Comm RoHa (B3)

Code: 68909