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sabretache badge, sabretache badge
Accession Number

NAM.1960-03-191-1

Description

Sabretache badge, 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers), 1880 (c). Badge with crossed carbines over a garter bearing the unit title, ‘The Carabiniers’, surmounted by a crown and surrounded by scrolls bearing battle honours. The battle honours on this badge reflect the regiment’s extensive service overseas: ‘Blenhem’, ‘Ramillies’, ‘Oudenarde’, and ‘Malplaquet’ from the War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713); ‘Sebastopol’ from the Crimean War (1851-1856); ‘Delhi’ from the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859) and the 2nd Afghan War (1878-1880).

Campaigns

2nd Afghan War (1878-1880)

Events

Blenheim, Battle of, 1704 (War of the Spanish Succession, Northern Europe 1702-1713), Oudenarde, Battle of, 1708 (War of the Spanish Succession, Northern Europe 1702-1713), Malplaquet, Battle of, 1709 (War of the Spanish Succession, Northern Europe 1702-1713), Ramillies, Battle of, 1706 (War of the Spanish Succession, Northern Europe 1702-1713), Delhi, Siege of, 1857 (Indian Mutiny 1857-1859), Sevastopol, Siege of, 1854-55 (Crimean War 1854-1856)

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