Original Shropshire Yeomanry Officer Quality Cap Badge, King’s Crown
Condition: Very good however eyes are closed.
The Shropshire Yeomanry was a yeomanry regiment of the British Army, first raised in 1795, which served as a cavalry and dismounted infantry regiment in the First World War and as cavalry and an artillery regiment in the Second World War. It was then amalgamated with the Shropshire Royal Horse Artillery.
In 1969, the regiment was replaced by No. 4 Squadron, 35 (South Midlands) Signal Regiment and the Shropshire Yeomanry Cadre. These later formed the Shropshire Yeomanry Squadron of the Queen’s Own Mercian Yeomanry before their amalgamation into the Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry.
Ref; John Gaylor, page 83, plate 33, east-west eyed shank fixings.
