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Old 21-11-08, 07:17 PM
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Anyone able to help id this button that came in a mixed lot with some South African badges from a local antique shop?
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Old 21-11-08, 07:28 PM
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West Riding?
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Old 21-11-08, 07:55 PM
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I thought it was more likely to be ? Rifles, with the crossed rifle imagry.
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Old 21-11-08, 08:01 PM
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West Riding Yeomanry/LI/rifles ?????
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Old 19-02-09, 01:10 PM
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Default South African Button maybe ?
Any South African members out there.

Could this be Witwatersrand Rifles ?

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Old 03-05-09, 04:46 AM
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Yes it is Witwatersrand Rifles. Not sure about dates.
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