RA (Vols) Officer's Busby Badge

A scarce, silvered, busby badge for an officer of The Royal Artillery (Volunteers) with a long slider fastening and plume-holder. Worn circa 1860-78. As KK825 or as Litchfield & Westlake 13.

Note: Norman Litchfield & Ray Westlake, in their book on The Volunteer Artillery 1859-1908, describe various small design differences. This example has the Ubique honour above a wheel with si...  read more

Code: 60175

Sussex RV Officer's Glengarry Badge

A rare, silvered, glengarry badge for an officer of The 18th (Henfield) Sussex Rifle Volunteers with two lug fastenings (east and west). Worn circa 1866.

From the Hugh King collection.

Note: This badge was also used by other Sussex units.  read more

Code: 60120

REMM Officer's Cap Badge

A rare, silvered, pre-1881 forage cap badge for an officer of The Royal East Middlesex Militia with two lug fastenings (east and west).

Note: This unit became the 4th (militia) battalion of The Middlesex Regiment in 1881.  read more

Code: 60115

THR Officer's Glengarry Badge

A rare, silvered, glengarry badge for an officer of The Tower Hamlets Rifles with two lug fastenings (east and west).

From the Hugh King collection.  read more

Code: 60100

Oxford VTC Cap Badge

A scarce, bronzed, cap badge for The Oxfordshire Volunteer Regiment with a slider fastening. Both the badge and slider are marked for manufacturer Thomas Fattorini Bolton. KK1673.

Note: This unit was part of the WW1 Volunteer Training Corps movement.  read more

Code: 60085

Bristol RV Glengarry Badge

A rare, blackened brass, glengarry badge for The 1st Gloucestershire, City of Bristol, Rifle Volunteers with two lug fastenings (north and south). Brinson G46b.

Note: It looks like this badge has probably been re-blackened.  read more

Code: 60065

2VB E Surrey Glengarry Badge

A scarce, blackened brass, glengarry badge for the 2nd volunteer battalion of The East Surrey Regiment with three lug fastenings (north, east and west). HQ at Wimbledon.

Note: The https://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/regimental-badgtes/es/badges-east-surreys-3.html website suggests these badges were initially in blackened brass (after the 3rd Surrey Rifle Volunteers became the 2...  read more

Code: 60056

20th Middlesex RV Cap Badge

A scarce, brass, cap badge for The 20th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps (Artists Rifles) with a slider fastening. As KK2426.  read more

Code: 60029

CURV FS Cap Badge

A white metal field-service cap badge for The Cambridge University Rifle Volunteers, with two lug fastenings (east and west). Rawlings 380.

Note: An article by Nicholas Beswick in the May 2020 issue of The Bulletin of the Military Historical Society shows this badge (reference 8, p176-177) and dates it to c1892-97. Figure 4 shows this badge on the FSC.  read more

Code: 60026

RNF (Vols) Fur Cap Grenade

A white metal fur cap grenade for a volunteer battalion of The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers with two lug fastenings (north and south). As KK945.  read more

Code: 60013