Berkshire Yeomanry but what was the badge used for?
 

I picked this up today. I know what unit it is for, but I am less sure of it's use. It is WM and heavy cast. Can anyone help?

Cheers,

Gar

Its the "copied" center piece to a Helmet star..... the original being gilding metal. Unless it was copied from the officers and that would have a bi-metal center piece.

This is the other ranks pattern to the helmet plate

Andrew French
Asst Hon Curator
Berks Yeomanry Museum

Andrew, many thanks for your time in researching this.

Griff, I'm not sure you can speculate that it is a copy unless you know for definite it is one!

In the context that its a cast badge.... and copied from a helmet plate original.

You can see another here (just...through the overlay) http://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/resear...n/detail/12730

Suggest 1900 and therefore a possible slouch hat badge?

Griff,

Andrew has kindly identified it as an OR badge for the FSC from 1890's to 1902. He has a photo of off-duty OR's at Churn camp wearing the badge (with cup of tea in hand) ;)

Gar

Excellent, wish he posted that up on his first reply :)