cap badge, cap badge
Accession Number

NAM.1983-12-18-1

Description

Other ranks cap badge, 1905 (c)-1908. Associated with 1st Volunteer Bn Manchester Regiment. Die-struck. In white metal, the Arms of the City of Manchester complete with crest, supporters and motto. Superimposed upon the motto scroll at the centre is a white metal frosted oval bearing the burnished numeral and letters, '1st V.B.' Below the Arms, a gilding-metal scroll bearing the burnished title, 'Manchester'. The reverse bears a vertical brass slider fitting.