Gloster Hussars IY Cap Badge

A brass cap badge for The Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Imperial Yeomanry with a slider fastening. KK1338.  read more

Code: 57029

7th Hussars (1916) Cap Badge

A WW1 economy issue, brass, cap badge for The 7th Hussars with a (slightly clipped) slider fastening. KK760.  read more

Code: 57028

Recce Corps Cap Badge

A brass cap badge for The Reconnaissance Corps with a slider fastening. KK1925.  read more

Code: 57027

Jersey (Royal Engineers) Militia Cap Badge

An anodised aluminium cap badge for The Jersey Field Squadron, Royal Engineers, (The Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey) with a slider fastening (marked London Badge & Button Co Ltd). Marsh AAK04.

Note: Marsh dates this badge's issue to the early 1990s. The http://www.jerseymilitia.co.uk/rermijtaberetqc.html website provides more details.  read more

Code: 57023

Victorian DCLI Cap Badge

A rare, brass, cap badge for The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry with the usual three lug fastenings (north, east and west). KK606.

Note: This badge was incorrectly identified as a Somerset Light Infantry item in earlier versions of Kipling & King but corrected in later versions.  read more

Code: 57020

Leicester Yeomanry Cap Badge

A brass cap badge for The Leicestershire Yeomanry with two lug fastenings (north and south). KK1423.

The https://www.paoyeomanry.org.uk/LY191622Badge.htm website, which dates this badge to c1916-22, provides more details.  read more

Code: 57017

Connaught Rangers Cap Badge

A brass cap badge for The Connaught Rangers with a slider fastening and a strengthener behind the crown. KK696.  read more

Code: 57016

LVR (VTC) Cap Badge

A rare, blackened brass, cap badge for The London Volunteer Rifles (part of the WW1 Volunteer Training Corps) with two lug fastenings (north and south). The reverse bears a plaque for manufacturer J.R. Gaunt London. KK1652.

It's good to see an original of this much-reproduced badge.  read more

Code: 57015

OBC Buttonhole Badge

A scarce, brass, buttonhole badge for The Old Boy's Corps (part of the WW1 Volunteer Training Corps). The reverse is marked for manufacturer H.E. Sale Ltd B'ham (?).

Note: Ray Westlake's book 'A Guide To The Volunteer Training Corps 1914-18' states there were two different circular gilt lapel badges, each with the motto Pro Patria (p73). If this badge was ever gilt it looks to ha...  read more

Code: 57014

RTR Bandsman's Collar Badge

A rare, brass, collar badge for The Royal Tank Regiment with two lug fastenings (east and west). As Churchill & Westlake 49.

Note: My understanding is the brass versions of the RTR badges were worn by bandsmen.  read more

Code: 57012