Artists Rifles Cap Badge

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You are viewing a cap badge for the Artist's Rifle Regiment  . A British made piece originally. The badge is is made of brass, with a tang type attachment. The design of the badge consists of two profiles of a Roman male god and a Roman female god, both wearing Roman style helmets. It is one of the more beautiful badges around. View scans for details.

Some History:... The regiment was established in 1859. The group was organized in London by Edward Sterling, an art student. It was established on 28 February 1860 as the 38th Middlesex (Artists') Rifle Volunteer Corps. In September 1880, the corps became the 20th Middlesex (Artists') Rifle Volunteer Corps. By 1893 lawyers and architects made up 24% of the unit, doctors followed with 10% and civil engineers 6%. Sculptors and painters totaled about 5%. Until 1914 the regimental full dress uniform was light grey with white facings, silver buttons and braid. This distinctive uniform dated from the regiment's foundation as a volunteer unit. After the First World War, standard khaki was the normal dress. The Artists Rifles fought in the Second Boer War as part of the City Imperial Volunteers. Following the outbreak of the First World War, a number of enlisted members of The Artists Rifles were selected to be officers in other units of the 7th Division. Early in 1915, selected Artists officers and NCOs were transferred to run a separate Officers Training Corps, in which poet Wilfred Owen trained before posting to the Manchester Regiment. The battalion eventually saw battle in France in 1917 and 1918. Casualties suffered by members of this battalion and amongst officers who had trained with The Artists Rifles before being posted to other regiments were 2,003 killed, 3,250 wounded, 533 missing and 286 prisoners of war. The regiment was not deployed during the Second World War, functioning again as an Officers Training Corps throughout the war. The unit was disbanded in 1945, but reformed in The Rifle Brigade in January 1947 and transferred to The Army Air Corps in July as the 21st Special Air Service Regiment (Artists Rifles) SAS ...

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