Neil,
That has just reminded me to look in K&K and you are right in that it is identical to a HPC, but not for the Buffs, but for the South Wales Borderers.
It was practice to wear the central device from a HPC on the newly introduced FSC before the 1898 standardised cap badges appeared, so I am confident now that this is an early SWB badge worn on the FSC.
Thanks for the prompt.
regards
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Simon Butterworth
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