[dragonz18]

Just some thoughts here.........
Indeed a well made, & very professionally so, item. With genuine age.
Despite knowledgable comment in the past (not to be ignored,in any way),saying that some features are not thought of as being correctly compatable here, I cannot overcome the seemingly obvious connections with the early IRV badges,shown in the crown, shamrocks & harp styles, combined with the mottoe & initials of the RIR( more likely the 'Rifles'?). Was there some connection here, however brief ?
I think that the thoughts that it may be a Colonial badge possibly stem from a more 'loose' application of the accepted 'norms' that might apply with these? Still a strong possibility also.
Still,either way, it's got to fit in somewhere. There being ,at least ,2 known examples,from differing origins, helps to make an acceptable argument for it's genuineness also, I feel ?
A pic of it in wear would be a real help, but likely only wishful thinking !!

Cheers for now !
Steve