13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary’s Own) Officer’s Cap Badge An officer’s gilded brass cap badge for the 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary’s Own), a British cavalry and armoured regiment formed in 1922 from the amalgamation of the 13th Hussars and the 18th Royal Hussars. The badge features the interlaced regimental cypher beneath a King’s Crown, flanked by “XIII” and “XVIII” scrolls and a diagonal title band reading “ROYAL HUSSARS,” commemorating the two parent regiments. King’s Crown WW2 era cap badge when the regiment served as an armoured unit in North Africa and North-West Europe. The long, solid rear loops are typical of officers’ badges, worn on service dress or mess dress caps,
