28th Battalion The London Regiment - The Artist Rifles Brass Cap Badge

In gilding metal with good detail and with original slider to reverse. Very good condition. Circa 4.6cm tall. K&K Vol 1 No 1858 refers.

This badge was designed by J.W. Wyon the famous medal designer who served as a private in the Corps. Unit raised as 38th Middlesex RV, renumbered 20th in 1880. Attached to Rifle Brigade in 1881. 1st April 1908 transferred to the new Territorial Force as 28th County of London (Artists Rifles). 1947 became 21 Special Air Service (Artists).

Code: 55088