Hammer

£420

Irish Westmeath Rifles Militia Victorian Officer glengarry badge circa 1874-81. Fine very scarce unmarked hollow silver voided crowned curled bugle horn with shamrock to voided centre, all resting on straight tri-part Gaelic scroll. Three loops. VGC Raised in 1793 at Mullingar as Westmeath Militia, redesignated Westmeath Rifles in 1855 and became 9th Bn. Rifle Brigade on 1st July 1881. Gordon Cummings Collection.