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Natal Royal Regt
All,I recently acquired a Natal Royal Regiment badge (bottom badge) that is not in any of my reference books.
I have seen another example before that sold earlier in the year and have included a 1903 - 13 collar badge (top badge) for ref /size purposes. Anyone have any ideas on the badge .... collar? Rgds Shahl |
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Shahl,
What type of fixings does it have? |
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Normal lugs similar to the normal Natal Royal Regt collar above.
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Hi Shahl
Tylden's book is quite helpful with this , "..From 1889 to 1895 the badge was an eight-pointed star with a bugle horn in the centre and a crown above surrounded by the title in a scroll; until 1903 it consisted of crossed rifles on a maltese cross with the motto "Defence not Defiance" and until 1913 of the Natal coat of arms on a Maltese Cross , with a collar badge of the British Coat of Arms over the Natal arms and the name on the scroll " Your badge is the crossed rifles rather than the Natal COA . The lugs are east/west , so conventional badge wisdom would indicate that it is a cap badge , but who really knows ? It could be a collar but i suspect that the other badge that you have shown is the collar worn with this badge as the cap. So I would like it for a cap badge worn for a few years after the ABW. I have a similar badge, which is probably the one you saw on BoB a while back. Keep well Mike |
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Tx for the info Mike ... makes sense.
Rgds Shahl |
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Another Natal Royal Regt query
All, recently acquired the Natal Royal Regt cap badge in the picture. What makes it interesting is the lack of a crown. I have looked at it closely and there does not appear to be any evidence of one ever being attached.
What does everyone think? |
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Maybe a pouch fitting?
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Perhaps, although the lugs are the same as that for a cap badge
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