Victorian & WWI Era ‘Rifle Brigade Officers Sealskin Busby & Plume/Badge’. 19966:29. Victorian & WWI Era ‘Rifle Brigade Officers Sealskin Busby & Plume/Badge’. 19966:29. Antiques & Militaria

This is a very nice King's Royal Rifle Corps Victorian/WWI era Busby. It features a Black sealskin exterior with attached plaited cords. There is a corded boss to front carrying the Rifles Regimental Cap Badge. The top of the cap is black wool felt and the front is equipped with a black over red & black hair hackle plume. The crown is marked with the original maker information under the Royal Supplier logo: Hobson & Sons –Royal Contractors-1, 3 & 5 Lexington St, Golden Square London.W. Size 7 1/8ths. (Hobsons began their uniform business close to Woolwich Barracks, South London, England. Clothing and Regimental Regalia were made for all members of the armed forces using traditional tailoring and handcraft techniques). The King's Royal Rifle Corps was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army that was originally raised in British North America as the Royal American Regiment during the phase of the Seven Years' War in North America known as 'The French and Indian War' subsequently numbered the 60th Regiment of Foot, the regiment served for more than 200 years throughout the British Empire. In 1958, the regiment joined the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and the Rifle Brigade in the Green Jackets Brigade and in 1966 the three regiments were formally amalgamated to become the Royal Green Jackets. The KRRC became the 2nd Battalion Royal Green Jackets. On the disbandment of 1/RGJ in 1992, the RGJ's KRRC battalion was re-designated as 1/RGJ, eventually becoming 2/RIFLES in 2007. In very good condition as shown in the pictures. The price includes UK delivery. 19966:29.