1st ( Royal ) Dragoons Unofficial Brass Eagle Cap Badge, c.1915 - 1919

Brass gilding metal die struck cap badge in good condition, with original slider and with sharp detail. Circa 3.2cm tall excluding slider. Rare.

This small and unofficial brass eagle above a plinth with 105, was ordered privately by the Regiment from a firm in Hythe in the early days of WW1, and was worn until 1919 when the Regiment returned from the Rhine to Hounslow. Officialdom reared its ugly head and the Royal Crest was again resumed. It was not until 1948 that an eagle badge was officially sanctioned.

Gaylor Plate 3C refers.

Code: 55293