Description
Physical description
Anodised aluminium No. 1 dress collar badge to Soldiers of The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own), being the Prince of Wales's crest of plumes, coronet and motto scroll. Coronet gold, remainder silver. Captioned: "No 1 Dress". Captioned below this and adjacent badge pair, "No Collar Badges Worn With No 2 Dress". Single lug to reverse.
Physical description
Box 11: Mounting card captioned "The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) Soldiers", on which 8 items, one which is a pair, (10145-10151). Reverse has a green sealing wax seal of an oval seal with MINISTRY OF DEFENCE / PATTERN ROOM, with across the centre, ARMY / OFFICERS. To the top right corner an oval stamp "Q (Maint) 2 / MINISTRY OF DEFENCE" across the centre "15 June 1970".
History note
The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) was formed on Balaclava Day, 25 October 1969, by the amalgamation of 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) and 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own).
History note
Both predecessor regiments were raised in 1715, as 10th and 11th Dragoons. In 1783 they became "Light Dragoons".
History note
The 10th Royal Hussars was re-designated in 1783 as "10th (or Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of Light Dragoons". In March 1811 the sub-title "(Hussars)" was added to the end of the previous title. In 1861 the Regiment was again re-named, now as "10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Regiment of Hussars". This was simplified in 1921 to "10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own)".
History note
The 11th Hussars was re-designated in 1783 as "11th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons". The 11th Light Dragoons provided an escort from Dover to Canterbury when Prince Albert arrived in the UK in 1840 to marry Queen Victoria. In honour of that service the Regiment were converted to Hussars and gained the honour title of "(Prince Albert's Own)". It was probably at about this time that the Regiment adopted its famous crimson overalls, crimson being the colour of Prince Albert's family of Saxe Coburg Gotha. The regimental nick-name of "The Cherry Pickers" may derive from this item of uniform, or from an incident in the Napoleonic wars when a patrol was surprised in a cherry orchard. In 1921 the Regimental title was simplified to "11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own)".
History note
BADGE. The headdress badge of The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) differed from that of many amalgamated regiments in that it contained no element of the junior regiment's badge. It was, in all respects other than the changed wording to the name scroll, that of the senior predecessor regiment alone, 10th Royal Hussars, sealed May 1898. Again unusually, no element of the junior Regiment's badge was used in the collar badge, which was simply identical to the headdress badge, and of the same size. The buttons similarly carry the design of the new collar badge.
Embossed
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