Sergeant's Arm Badge 1867

This badge is sterling silver and was worn by sergeants and WO2s from 1867. A similar badge but of cheaper quality was worn by lance sergeants and corporals. The 14th had a long history of NCO arm badges, the earliest evidence being the Drahonet painting of Sergeant Brookfield 1832. Up until 1867 NCOs wore an embroidered badge, either officially, after 1860, or unofficially before that. In 1867 the sterling silver badge was sanctioned for the sergeants of the 14th Hussars and a white metal badge of German (nickel) silver for corporals. The badge was issued by Ordnance, making the regiment unique, as other units paid for the NCO badges themselves. It was worn on the right sleeve only, above the stripes for sergeants and on the forearm of Warrant Officers. At first glance it looks like the pagri bi-metal badge but this badge differs in being in two parts; the hall-marked oval shield, and the eagle itself. Both parts are made of silver although the eagle looks darker in this reproduction. The hall-marks are for Birmingham 1867 marked ES and S, Edward Stillwell & Son of 25 Barbican, London. The picture is an enlargement of part of a page of arm badges of the 14th and 14th/20th Hussars published in 1967 in the Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research vol XLV no. 182. The article was written by B W Cox.

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