I think it could be a 2nd Boer War officers' slouch hat badge. I say that because, many moons ago, I had a Dorsets cap badge, Victorian pattern, of the same make-up, all-over gilt-plated hm silver. An old collector I knew told me it was a 2nd Boer War officers' slouch hat badge and thereafter kept asking me when I was going to sell it to him, time and time again, until I let him have when I gave up the hobby. He's now long dead but someone else out there must have it now.
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