Royal Rifles Reserve Regiment ?

[irishhorse]

Not sure if the badge is to the above regiment or not. Approx size 58mm x 40mm. K&K 1129 says bronze for officers. And blackened brass for other-ranks. This one is gilt. Note I probably will move this one on.

[Luke H]

I don’t think so. I’ve attached a pic from the badge shown in K&K and also tried to desaturate the image. Note the mouthpiece appears to be longer and thinner.

From all my searching I’ve onky ever found one badge that appears to be from the same die as the one shown in K&K. Curiously that badge is in WM but may have been blackened.

I’ll post a link shortly if I can find the thread.

Some months ago I bought an identically proportioned French Horn from Deadspartan hoping it was a RR. It was GM but may have been blackened at some point and measures 38mm x 60mm. It was described as a ‘Rifle Brigade Victorian OR’s shako badge’.

[irishhorse]

Thanks Luke. Had another look through K&K. The shape of the bugle horn looks very similar to KK534. With out the numeral.

[kingsley]

I have seen this badge described as Boer War period Reserve Regiment but I can't confirm anything. I would be very interested to see a set or group of all the varieties like the large thistle and the monogram series (Dragoon Gds etc).
All I know is that a brass oxy 40mm badge was worn by Infantry of the colony of Victoria, and a smaller WM 32mm type by NSW Inf, who also wore them with the numerals 1-4 in the centre.

[Chipper]

Hi all

interesting thread. I will throw this one into the mix, similar, but I don't think the same as the KK one. What do you think? Like you, Luke, I got it thinking it was Reserve Regiment, but I guess it may be hard to prove either way.

It does have very similar lugs to the Irish Fusiliers RR (same design, and one larger than the other), so maybe?

I will post some pictures of the lugs on a few different RR badges I have which I am reasonably confident are OK,(famous last words...) later today or tomorrow.

Cheers, Tim

[Chipper]

forgot the picture