Description: A stunning example of a World War One O.R.s Darkened Brass Cap Badge for the Hampshire Regiment 1914-1918 In 1881 the37th (North Hampshire), Regiment of Footand the67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot were merged to become 1st & 2nd Battalions The Hampshire Regiment Some 33 years later with the outbreak of World War One,both of these two regular battalions were deployed toThe Western Front: 1st Battalion in 1914 and then 2nd Battalion in 1916, (having first fought at Gallipoli in 1915.) Whilst 1st & 2nd Battalions remained in France until war's end in November 1918,The Hampshire's also raised 31 Reserve, Territorial & New Army Battalionswhich also served on the Western Front in WW-I, plus in India, Mesopotamia, Salonika and Egypt. A highly attractive, quality-made O.R.'s cap badge, measuring approx 1.75" across and in a darkened brass.with its two lugs to the rear, the lower back also has a very clear manufacturer's stamp:FIRMIN LONDON Another gorgeous-looking WW-I Army O.R's cap badgefrom our home County of Hampshire... Thanks for looking..!
Price: 45 GBP
Location: Winchester, Hampshire
End Time: 2024-10-18T13:43:49.000Z
Shipping Cost: 19.58 GBP
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British Expeditionary Force: Flanders
Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued
Clothing Type: Helmets/ Hats
Mons: The Somme
The Western Front: Lord KItchener
Hampshire Infantry Brigade: Wessex Division
Service: Army
Passchendale: Loos
India: Flanders
Salisbury Plain: Wiltshire
Cambrai: Kipling
Type: Cap Badge
Ypres: Boer War
Iron Cross: Victoria Cross
Vimy Ridge: Verdun
Conflict: World War I (1914-1918)
Era: 1914-1945
Hamsphire: India
Country/ Organization: Great Britain
ANZAC: Gallipoli
Hindenburg Line: Kaiser
Theme: Militaria
Arras: Victoria Cross
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
