Fabulous purchase.
Not only did double lace cease to be issued, but also lace on facing colour. Naturally the hard date represents a range of dates until existing badges on uniforms and existing (expensive) stocks ran out ........ difficult to envisage a sergeant major giving up such a splendid and immaculate badge without a fuss.
In my opinion a few of these badges could still be on uniforms in 1875.
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