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You are viewing an Antique Circa 1920 piece of military history. This British badge is a York and Lancaster Regiment (Type 2) Tiger and Rose Badge (with a short slider). The cap badge of a regiment is its most basic identifying emblem and much emotion is vested in such badges by members of regiments.
The York and Lancaster Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army and they were formed from an amalgamation of two Regiments of Foot, the 65th and 84th of Foot. The regiment raised 22 battalions for service in WWI, of which eight saw action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
During the war it suffered 48,650 casualties out of 57,000 men serving, with 8,814 killed or died of wounds (72 out of every 100 men being either wounded or killed). The regiment won four Victoria Crosses and 59 battle honours, the largest number for any English regiment during the war.
This badge has a round sweat hole behind the rose and an oblong sweat hole behind the Coronet (the maker is not known). The white metal Rose ‘overlay’ is fixed away from the gilding metal backing
This particular pattern of badge is also found with loops (these being dated before 1903) this badge may be one of the earliest badges made with a slider and were worn by both Regular and Wartime Battalions from 1897 to 1968.
CONDITION
This Badge is Antique 1900s, it is used and is in good condition for its age and use There is no damage to the face of the badge, it has a naturally aged patina, and the short slider has a few ripples but it is firmly attached and works as intended. # Please note: The Photographs form part of the description; Super-sized photos can show the finer details and condition.- Photos do not show the actual size so please read the description page to get the exact measurements.
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- HEIGHT: 4 cm / 1.5"
- WIDTH: 3.8 cm / 1.49"
- DEPTH: .05 cm