24th Lancers. Cap badge. White metal (or, s/p). Circa 1941-1944

Complete with 2 x copper loop fittings to reverse, as issued An un-marked 'Gaunt' restrike Reference: Kipling & King No. 1914 (Volume II 'Head-Dress Badges of the British Army' (Kipling & King, 2006 edition)) The 24th Lancers was a cavalry regiment of the British Army that only existed from late 1940 to mid-1944. Assigned to the 8th Armoured Brigade, the regiment only fought during the Invasion of Normandy (landed on D-Day +1) before being disbanded in July 1944. After disbandment, the regiment's personnel were sent to other cavalry regiments as reinforcements Condition GVF