Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars/5th Royal Irish Lancers, a fine and rare NCO’s silver arm badge hall marked Birmingham 1867 by ‘ES & S’ and further marked on the front ‘ES & S’ and the lion passant, of hollow back construction and retaining all three loop fasteners, the back plate also bears the scratch engraved name ‘Allerton’, some slight service wear to the front but generally in excellent condition £400-500

Note: Though this pattern was worn by both the above regiments, 1867 is the date that re-introduces the metal arm badge for various cavalry regiments and as the 5th Lancers did not immediately adopt an arm badge upon their formation in 1861, it most probably pertains to the 8th Hussars.