Hammer

£320

24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot Victorian glengarry badge c. 1871-81. Good scarce die-stamped brass crowned strap inscribed 2ND WARWICKSHIRE ; Sphinx resting on a tablet EGYPT over 24 to voided centre. Brass loops North and South. Minor service wear. VGC This was the pattern of glengarry still in service with 24th (later South Wales Borderers) whilst in South Africa, at the disastrous engagement at Isandhlwana on the 22nd January 1879 and at Rorke's Drift.