Article about: a sun helmet flash for the 1st Bn royal welsh fusiliers worn during the 2nd Boer War. it has been made by cutting down a embroidered should strap from the scarlet service tunic and the sewin
Mark, it would be great to see a thread on pagri badges, maybe for both metal and cloth, Victorian through to Malaya I guess, perhaps later
by Watchdog
Thanks Jerry,
I do have a couple of metal pugaree / puggaree / pagri (Indian spelling I don't know so the varied soldiers phonetic versions will do) badges but I can't see an appropriate thread maybe there is a call for one.
Another boer war/pre great war cutoff shoulder strap, this one has just been removed and not used as a ST, probably for a souvenir or perhaps cut off a badly mothed tunic.
It is for the King's Liverpool regiment who saw service in the 2nd Boer war.
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