[manchesters]

Hello,

I am not an Indian badge collector, although I really wish I was when I see the variety and quality of the badges out there.

Anyway here is a 16th Light Cavalry Officers badge with a few questions.

1. It measures 40mm x 25mm and is clearly an officers badge, but is it for the cap or collar?

2. It has sturdy loops to the rear typical of a silver badge. It has what appears from a distance to be a nice set of hallmarks, but on close examination they are just gobbledygook. Either made that way to deceive (at the time of manufacture, its clearly an original and old badge) or the marks have become unrecognisable at the time of manufacture due to many copy castings from an original. What do you think?

3. What period of use would it be?

It tests positive for silver and will be for sale.

regards