Hammer

£980

Irish Leitrim Rifles Militia Victorian glengarry badge circa 1874-81.
Good rare die-stamped white metal crowned Celtic cross bearing strung bugle and Harp; at the foot of the cross, a tablet LEITRIM and two shamrock sprays. Replacement loops otherwise VGC Raised in 1793 at Carrick-on-Shannon as Leitrim Militia, redesignated Leitrim Rifles in 1855 and became 8th Bn. Rifle Brigade on Friday 1st July 1881. Disbanded 31st July 1889. This is the actual piece photographed as No. 1284 in Head-dress Badges of the British Army.