WW1 British 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars Cap Badge Italian dress helmet badge 93 mm x 36 mm

93 mm x 36 mm

Issued to Wehrmacht personnel and other military auxiliaries

crossed sabre and rifle

The medal is gilded alloy

WW1 British 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars Cap Badge Italian dress helmet badge 93 mm x 36 mmOriginal WW1 era British Army cap badge for the 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars, a distinguished cavalry regiment with a long and storied history. This bi metal badge with original lug mounts, features the regimental emblem of an Irish harp surmounted by the King's Crown, flanked by laurel branches, and a scroll reading "8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars." A service worn badge, heavily polish worn, the crown unusually with braze sweat hole perforation.