Hammer

£160

China. Shanghai Volunteer Corps cap badge. Good scarce British made die-stamped bronzed brass eight pointed star resting on 4TH APRIL 1854 scroll; centre of star bearing SVC. Loops. VGC 4th April 1854 refers to the unit’s first engagement, the Battle of Muddy Flats. The SVC was disbanded early in 1942 after the Japanese took over the International Settlement. Bob Betts Collection