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Mystery Light Infantry Button
Can anyone identify this button. It looks like Light Infantry but the base of the Sphinx does not read "EGYPT". Perhaps Indian Army?
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Could it be Egyptian army?
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Just ideas to stimulate nresearch
1. Is it Dorset Militia or VB etc as the sphinx looks quite Dorset 2. Is it Manchester centric... their SNCOs wore a sphinx of similar style. I may be wrong but one never knows where the research may lead |
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Not Dorset Militia,
Or not one I'm aware of. Cheerio, Roy
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According to an article in the MHS Journal written by Howard Ripley and illustrated by Denis Darmanin the button is for the Chasseurs Britanniques. Formed in 1801 and disbanded in 1814.
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The forum at its best
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Thank you so much Cribyn. I would never have guessed it was that far back!!
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