St Helena Rifles White Metal Cap Badge — WWII Period

A scarce St Helena Rifles white metal cap badge — a genuinely uncommon Commonwealth/colonial badge from one of the most remote British territories in the world.

The badge carries the historic arms of the Colony of St Helena: a heraldic shield depicting a three-masted sailing ship before the island's cliffs, surmounted by a strung bugle horn (the universal emblem of Rifle regiments) with a small floral spray, all within flanking sprays and a title scroll reading “ST. HELENA RIFLES.”

The St Helena Rifles was the volunteer/territorial infantry unit of the island, reformed at the outbreak of the Second World War and disbanded in 1947. Surviving badges are seldom seen on the market.

Material/finish: White metal.  Reverse fitting: Slider.  Approx. size: 49 × 41 mm.

Condition: Good, with attractive even tone consistent with age.

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