West Riding?

[PeterB]

This badge has the coronet (crown?), lion and pennant (flag?) as per the West Riding cap badge, but is round and measures 3cm (1.5 inch) across.

Unfortunately part of the frame has snapped off and looking closer at what I thought was the remaining lug, it doesn't actually look like a lug, more like a clasp or catch as on a brooch.

It is perhaps a sweetheart brooch? If so, first or second WW?

[leigh kitchen]

A helmet plate centre that has been cut down to remove the name circlet and brooched presumably as a sweetheart.

[PeterB]

Thanks, that leads me off into a new avenue of research.

I did wonder why the lion has two vestigal "nipples" on the rear, something has been removed perhaps? How would a helmet plate be affixed?

[leigh kitchen]

There would have been a staple shaped wire lug behind the lion and two more, one either side of it on the name circlet which has been removed, there would be additional similar lugs on the lage crowned star helmet plate itself.

[54Bty]

Front and rear images here.

Marc

https://militaria.co.uk/product/duke...-badge-centre/

[PeterB]

Marc, Leigh thanks for that, really interesting! Somebody went to a lot of effort to make that brooch...