Sergeant Major brown leather wrist strap/bracelet, with metal crown rank badge, 1982 (c).
Standard issue and is a badge of rank worn when in uniform.
Capt (QM) John Phillips, Royal Engineers was wearing it when he was injured trying to diffuse a bomb on HMS Antelope during the Falklands War, 1982.
From a collection of objects relating to the military service of Capt (QM) John Phillips, Royal Engineers, Bomb Disposal and Field Squadrons 1958-1989. Phillips served in Northern Ireland and lost his arm while trying to diffuse a bomb on HMS Antelope in the Falklands.
Associated with the South Atlantic (Falklands War) 1982.