The regiment was raised for & disbanded after WWI. It had no connection with the King Edwards Horse already in existence, so a strange choice of names, much resented by the original KEH, apparently.
I've had the badge on the left for about 20 yrs, the one on the right for a couple of weeks.
The one on the left is missing its slide fitting, it's semi solid die struck & has a distinct copper/bronze tone to it, & it's thicker & heavier than the one on the right, which is of a distinctly yellow metal, presumably WWI economy brass instead of gilding metal.
Kipling & King Vol I Page 281 refers to the badge of 2nd KEH being issued in bronze (it does'nt state whether this was the officers bronzed SD version or not), & shows the gilding metal version as KK1134.
Any views as to whether the badge on the left is an officers SD badge minus the brown "bronze" finish, despite the slide fitting rather than the usual prongs. The metal itself may even be bronze, it has a distinctive reddish tinge.
I've had the badge on the left for about 20 yrs, the one on the right for a couple of weeks.
The one on the left is missing its slide fitting, it's semi solid die struck & has a distinct copper/bronze tone to it, & it's thicker & heavier than the one on the right, which is of a distinctly yellow metal, presumably WWI economy brass instead of gilding metal.
Kipling & King Vol I Page 281 refers to the badge of 2nd KEH being issued in bronze (it does'nt state whether this was the officers bronzed SD version or not), & shows the gilding metal version as KK1134.
Any views as to whether the badge on the left is an officers SD badge minus the brown "bronze" finish, despite the slide fitting rather than the usual prongs. The metal itself may even be bronze, it has a distinctive reddish tinge.
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