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Victorian / Edwardian Rifle Brigade FSC's.
Here are 2 Rifle Brigade FSC's I bought a few years about.
The Victorian pattern is the common type,but the KC badge has a blank tablet and 1902 on the arms of the cross.Is this a Militia badge?,as they didn't have volunteer battalions. Nothing about it in K&K Vol 1. Cheers. Al |
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Yes Militia, a very nice badge.
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Have you considered the 17th Bn London Regiment.
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As Alan has stated, consider 17th London.
I have a pair of these in OSD cast bronze and initially I believed they were Rifle Brigade Militia items, however Churchill 1922 identifies these as possibly being worn on an unofficial basis by 17th London and in my 17th London drawer they dwell. (I believe these came form Keith B, he may be able to shed more light on them as he knows the source.) However, he adds that they were in B/B for Other ranks and silver for officers. At the moment, I'm not sure of where that leaves my cast pair. Regards. Brian P.S. Forgot to add that my pair are collar badges. Last edited by Fatherofthree; 05-08-22 at 09:18 PM. Reason: Adding a Postscript. |
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A bag full of the from the Gaunt archives from the NAM Brian. I do have a photo of a 17th London officer waering collars which look like these.
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Handy to know they were worn by the 17th also, I was going off a thread from yesteryear which I’d added to my notes where Ry and Keith had shown several RB Militia badges and this one was amongst them.
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Need to check their dates in South Africa though. |
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Many thanks Keith, much appreciated for confirming the Aging Grey Cells are working still.
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