cap badge, cap badge
Accession Number

NAM.1970-12-45-1-24

Description

Cap badge, bronze, 1917 (c). Associated with Northumberland Fusiliers. Worn with service dress. The following design, mounted upon the ball of a die-struck flaming grenade. Within a frosted circlet bearing the burnished title, 'Northumberland/ Fusiliers', a pierced depiction of St George and the Dragon facing dexter upon a ground. The reverse bears two flat hook fittings at top and bottom. From a collection of badges associated with the 5th Regiment of Foot (Northumberland Fusiliers). From the collection of Maj H G Parkyn.