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Old 16-02-16, 12:06 PM
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An interesting inter squadron competition Medal the Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles.
It is marked silver on the rim I like this medal very interesting but have a greater interest in the Staffordshire Yeomanry should any one have an interesting trade offer
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Just bumping back to the top had hoped may have raised a comment or two for this uncommon item. May be as little as 40 ever made how many still out there very few is my thoughts.

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Over 500 views and no comment from a Kent collector I must say I am a little surprised this is a rare item in our world of collecting. Does any one have an image of the mounted Rifles?

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1043 views and still no comments amazing just thought I would bump this item again
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1043 views and still no comments amazing just thought I would bump this item again
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Here’s one I nabbed from the internet, mainly because it illustrated the Pouch Belt Plate of which there were a large number of unfinished examples in the Gaunt stuff offloaded by the NAM. I have one.
I’ve never understood why they were sometimes referred to as the REKMR and at other time REKY. I have a collar badge with the former but have never seen a cap badge.
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Kieth,

Thanks for that an Interesting image.

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The Sharpshooters Museum has a very good website of the archives many of them photographed. You may find something similar on there.
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I’ve never understood why they were sometimes referred to as the REKMR and at other time REKY. I have a collar badge with the former but have never seen a cap badge.
Maybe because they were (leaving out all secondary titles):
The Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles until 1901;
The Royal East Kent Imperial Yeomanry 1901 - 1908;
The Royal East Kent Yeomanry 1908 - 1920.
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Maybe because they were (leaving out all secondary titles):
The Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles until 1901;
The Royal East Kent Imperial Yeomanry 1901 - 1908;
The Royal East Kent Yeomanry 1908 - 1920.
The collar badge I mentioned is post 1901, KC.
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