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Originally Posted by Alex Rice
Hi All
I have just been contacted privately by somebody who believes the badges is, as Hoot says, 2nd Boer War. He thinks it is one made for the 3rd Militia Batt of the Welsh Regiment which was embodied for service in South Africa in December 1899. He said one other came on auction 25 years ago and he believes this is same. If he's right, it is a seriously rare badge. Obviously with other regimental badges around which have been gilded, it isn't a totally unique thing to be done.
Cheers,
Alex
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Hi all.
I was the seller on ebay of the badge we are discussing. As Alex mentions above there was a similar badge that sold in 1996. The buyer of this badge contacted me and said that he bought that badge in 1996, that was the last one that came to auction. He now has two. He wasn't at all surprised at the price of the badge...thanks..Sarah