Duke of Willingtons Officers badge?

[sapper533]

Hi folks

Continuing to weed the collection of 'not rights' as we say in Manchester (usually referring to people not from Manchester lol)

Here is what appears to be a very nice DWR officers silver and gilt cap badge, but when I checked the back expecting lugs I found a slider with the stamp JR Guant London, for a moment I thought of the Birmingham Mint but of course the DWR were a regiment that survived the amalgamations so was not part of that set.

Any ideas?
Cheers
Sean

[sapper533]

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[Sunray9]

Who, pray, was the Duke of WILLINGTON ??

[Royal]

It's from an officer's no. 1 dress cap

[jf42]

Originally Posted by Sunray9

Who, pray, was the Duke of WILLINGTON ??

He was a Kiwi, obviously.

[KellyBadge]

No problem with the badge at all.

I was an officer in the 1st Bn, the Duke of Wellington's Regiment in the early 1990s and was issued with a Dukes silver-plate and gilt cap badge with Gaunt London slider from the QM stores.