cape government railways
It was always intriguing to me that the old CGR uniformed employees wore hallmarked silver shoulder titles. At least, it looked like a shoulder title, but in Owen's book it is listed as a cap badge ( see pic) . He also lists a gilt cap badge which is the Cape coat of arms surmounting a scroll with a voided CGR. So I was rather surprised to find a hallmarked silver badge which was rather similar to the gilt cap badge, but with a red enamel CGR on the scroll and hallmarking on the obverse of the badge. The hallmark is for Birmingham 1897. The big question - who would have worn this ?
Mike
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