Cap badge, 17th Lancers  belonging to Troop Sergeant Major William Barker. 

White metal skull and cross bones over scroll reading ‘OR GLORY’ with split pin fixing, no makers mark. 

Belonging to Troop Sergeant Major William Barker, C Troop, 17th Lancers. Baker had his horse shot under him during the Charge of the Light Brigade. He was wounded in the leg as the horse fell on him, but he mounted another horse and resumed command.