It was not a South African Irish item , and although the same motto as the Royal Irish (Ulster) Rifles it is not one of their badges.
The Rifles did not wear collar badges for most of their history. The exceptions being officers who wore collar badges in OSD and all ranks took to wearing collars after they were badged North Irish Brigade.
Other than this the Rifles rarely wore collars - as attested by various memos in several records at Kew.
Having said all the above I do not for the life of me know what unit the said badge can be attributed to.
John
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