Hammer

£180

Irish South Mayo Rifles Militia Victorian glengarry badge circa 1874-81. Good die-stamped white metal crowned oval inscribed SOUTH MAYO RIFLES 15 resting in shamrock sprays; Arms of the Marquis of Sligo to voided centre. Loops. VGC Raised in 1793 at Westport as South Mayo Militia; redesignated as Rifles in 1855, became 3rd Bn. Connaught Rangers 31st July 1881. Gordon Cummings Collection.