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

In gilding metal with sharp detail and with original slider to reverse. Verdigris reaction behind slider otherwise in very good condition.

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 ( SAS ) ( Artists ).

K&K No 1858 refers.

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Code: 63659