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What Badge / Pin


deemall

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Can anyone tell me what a badge worn above the right hand breast pocket would be? The uniform is the Welsh Regiment and the pin is rectangular with what appears to be crown in the middle above the rectangle.

neen

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Hello Neen

Imperial Service badge

Worn by men in the teritorial Battalions who had agreed to serve overseas.

Andy

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Sounds like the Territorial Forces Imperial Service Badge. It was awarded to those members of the Territorial Force who signed on to serve outside the United Kingdom. The Territorial Force was intended to be for home defence only but any man could volunteer for the Imperial Service Section and serve abroad in times of war, which entitled him to wear this badge.

Regards

Steve

courtesy of wikipedia.....

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Introduced in 1910, this from the Times, January 6th 1910....

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