Scarce British Asian Squadron King’s Colonials Boer War slouch hat badge

.A very fine scarce die-stamped heavy and stiff yellow brass example. Elephant standing on scroll inscribed “British Asian”; palm trees in the background. Two loops to reverse (east - west). Some staining to front, which has mostly cleaned off as it was stained badly but cleaned off with some WD40. More elbow grease would no doubt remove it all, but I felt it would look just too good! Absolutely original with "no feet" on lugs. Note sharp detail on palm trees, the quality of the two end stars on the scroll and the gap between the elephant's trunk at the curl and in the tail and the positioning of the lugs. Circa 4.9cm wide at scroll and 4.6cm tall.

Code: 53880