Victorian 24th Middlesex ( Post Office ) Rifle Volunteers Bi-metal collar badge

Flat topped Victorian crown, die struck in gilding metal with the numerals in a plated white metal. Circa 3.6cms tall. In very good condition. See MHS Bulletin, May 1956 p89, for details. Sometimes encountered blackened with the numerals in white metal. Pin fitting in place of loops, possibly for wear on the Field Service Side Cap or for wear as a sweetheart. The 49th Corps, Post Office, was raised in 1868. It was renumbered 24th in 1880, and became the 8th ( Post Office Rifles ) Battalion of the London Regiment in 1908. Comm DaSm