Lanarkshire Yeomanry: Badge Identification?

[Aberdeen Medals]

Amongst a collection of mostly Scottish badges that I recently obtained was the rather attractive badge shown in the attached illustration (click on the image to enlarge it).

The badge appears to be of a good quality gilded metal, the obverse body of the twin headed eagle being in a blackened matt finnish. The badge, with Kings Crown, measures approximately 30mm wide by 38mm tall, retaining two copper/gilded lugs/ears to reverse.

I can't find the badge illustrated in 'Kipling & King', or the Great War period reference by Cox.....and alas I dont have a copy of Bloomer!

The badge would appear to me to be an officers cap, of the Lanarkshire Yeomanry - but that is just my guess. It could as easily be some type of collar or arm badge, or ...........

QUESTION: Can anyone positively ID this badge and it's purpose/period of issue?

In advance thanks.

Yours aye,
Mark

[Malcolm Davey]

Hi Mark
Lanarkshire Yeomanry.
According to Bloomers this badge was worn 1953-56 but it only mentions O/Rs brass, for it to be a cap badge it should be aprox 4cm in height.

Cheers
Malc

[Rockape]

Hello Mark,

Bloomers (plate 41) list this badge as Lanarkshire Yeomanry 1953-1956. The one they show is gm for O/R's. There is no mention of blackening in the text.

Garry

[Aberdeen Medals]

Malc/Garry,

Thanks for confirming the unit and issue period - albeit from the sound of it, the 'blackened' version of the badge - as illustrated in my opening post - still appears to be a variant not thus far illustrated/recorded in the mainstream reference books.

The metal is appears to be gilded metal, ie with an applied gilt wash rather than the common GM most commonly used on badges of this period.

Yours aye,
Mark

[Peter Brydon]

If you look at "Cavalry and Yeomanry Badges of the British Army 1914" by F.Wilkinson,this appears to be No 246 on page 51 and is described as Lanarkshire Yeomanry black and gilt.
P.B.

[Aberdeen Medals]

8th Foot,

Very many thanks for the positive ID.

I don't have the Wilkinson book you refer to, but it would be reasonable to accept that the content must be correct.

Yours aye,
Mark

[Chrisr]

Mark,
Wilkinson lists it as an officers badge and it should be fitted with rings or lugs.
Cheers
Chris

[Aberdeen Medals]

Chris,

Thanks for the further information confirming that it is an Officers issue badge.

I thought it was an Officers badge basis the overall good quality of the 'gilt' metal - the one I have, and which is illustrated in the opening post to this thread also retains the lugs to reverse.

Yours aye,
Mark

[jim a]

I have this Lanarkshire Yeomanry badge which has lugs instaed of a slider. Would this be a WW1 badge?

[jim a]