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natal01

12-01-20 03:48 PM

NRB ? can anyone identify ?

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Hi
This badge came from an old frame of mainly Boer War vintage badges. Can anyone recognise it ?
Thanks
Mike

Milmed

12-01-20 04:19 PM

Not sure Mike, but scroll looks more like PVRB than NRB

natal01

12-01-20 08:20 PM

Thanks, Stephan.
Never could decipher these running script initials.
Mike

btns	12-01-20 09:03 PM

The crown is unusual.

Phil2M

12-01-20 09:37 PM

IVRB I would say, maybe?

dumdum

13-01-20 01:28 AM

Crown looks European but if it comes from a Boer War collection, then possibly Dutch?

White metal I've always associated with "volunteers". Have you thought of entering various versions of the initials into....sigh....Google?

Frank Kelley

13-01-20 09:48 AM

That crown is referred to using various names such as Indian or Looped, but, it was commonly used on badges worn by both British Imperial and Colonial regiments and corps.

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Originally Posted by dumdum (Post 497151)

Frank Kelley

13-01-20 10:02 AM

Could you show a photograph of the cipher itself please?

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Originally Posted by natal01 (Post 497080)

Hi
This badge came from an old frame of mainly Boer War vintage badges. Can anyone recognise it ?
Thanks
Mike

natal01

13-01-20 11:59 AM

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Hi Frank and others
Here is a closer pic of the cypher. Not great but legible.
Thanks for the help.
Mike

tonyb

13-01-20 12:15 PM

I read PVRB .
Tony.

peter monahan

13-01-20 01:58 PM

So, perhaps 'P..... Volunteer Rifle Battalion?

Frank Kelley

13-01-20 04:40 PM

Thank you, I would say that it is a pouch badge for the Natal Royal Rifles.

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Originally Posted by natal01 (Post 497183)

Hi Frank and others
Here is a closer pic of the cypher. Not great but legible.
Thanks for the help.
Mike

mike_vee

13-01-20 05:01 PM

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Found this Natal Royal Rifles pic.

Alex Rice

14-01-20 12:27 PM

I don't see NRR there, their badges were generally quite easy to see the similarity between the 'R's but the end letter on this is totally different to the R, still looks like ?VRB to me. IVRB; SVRB; JVRB or even PVRB.
Indian Volunteer RB?

natal01

14-01-20 04:03 PM

I have seen a Victorian Indian badge to an Railway Battalion. I think that it sported a similar crown as suggested by Frank. Maybe it is one of those

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