badge, sample pattern, all ranks, 2nd King Edward's Horse

badge, card, seal . Thick card label . Royal Army Clothing Department / Sample 1 / Pattern No 8598 / 1915 / 2nd King Edwards Horse Regt. . badge: Headdress badge to the 2nd King Edward's Horse (King's Overseas Dominion Regiment), being a wreath, left arm of laurel, right arm of oak, a King's crown joining the tips of the wreath, below the crown and extending across the top of the wreath, a scroll bearing KING EDWARD'S HORSE, with a small label between the centre of the scroll and the crown inscribed 2nd. Scrolls on the wreath inscribed: (left) Canada, N. Zealand and (right) Australia, S.Africa. In the centre of the wreath a shield bearing the Royal Arms and below this three scrolls inscribed India, Crown Colonies, 1914; below the wreath a scroll inscribed Empire and Liberty. Slider to reverse. . ms, centre right, adjacent to badge: Obsolete. . Badge, Forage Cap, & Foreign Pattern Helmet. All Ranks . (When finished to be White Metal 12 gauge; Gilding Metal 14 gauge. - deleted) . ms: (For quality see 4480/1897, deleted) . Specification for Metal No. (ACD/603, 658, 888A, deleted). U/24. . Approved 17/12/15; authority given as ACD/Patterns/3026 & ACD/TF/216 . Reverse: . ms: 1818; Locker (230 - deleted), 197 written in. . Badge secured to label with pink cotton tape, sealed to reverse with a red sealing wax seal bearing the Royal Arms encircled War Department Pattern.

2ND KING EDWARD'S HORSE CANADA AUSTRALIA N.ZEALAND S.AFRICA INDIA CROWN COLONIES 1914 EMPIRE AND LIBERTY