reinforced black cloth backer with maker's label inscribed "STEPHEN SIMPSON Avenham Rd Works
Bronze gilt Finnish lion insignia
the belt exhibiting a rip in the fabric at the buckle end
along with photos of a number of recipients and dignitaries
flanked by a sword
United Kingdom, South Africa. A Kaffrarian Rifles Helmet Plate With King's Crown, C.1913 Archive reinforced black cloth backer withIn patinated bronze, voided, unmarked, measuring 66. 5 mm (w) x 93 mm (h), vertical pinback, a piece of red felt placed behind the voided area of the centrepiece and secured in place via two bronze tabs, minor patination wear evident on the nose of the buffalo head, the catch for the pin bent outward, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Kaffrarian Rifles (now the Buffalo Volunteer Rifles) was formed in East London in 1876, as the "Buffalo Corps of