1st (Winchester) VB Hampshire Regiment pre 1908 cap badge.

A good scarce die-stamped bronze Tiger on Rose resting in laurel sprays bearing HAMPSHIRE with curved tablet below 1ST VOLR. BATTN. Two loops to the reverse. VGC
1st Hampshire RV became a VB of the regiment on Friday 1st July 1881, redesignated 1st VB on 18th August 1885. HQ at Winchester. Many of it’s members served in the Boer War resulting in the Battalion being awarded the honour “South Africa 1900-02” in 1905. Became 4th Battalion in 1908.

Code: 81139