United Kingdom. A Household Cavalry Badge, C.1880 certificate_of_authenticity still tied together with string

still tied together with string stemming from the factory

7 mm (w) x 39 mm (h) and backed by a patch in black wool

This set of photographs includes an original double-sided page of this soldier’s military service photo album with a description under each photograph

14 - German Awards to Foreign Auxiliaries

secured in position via a single rivet

United Kingdom. A Household Cavalry Badge, C.1880 certificate_of_authenticity still tied together with stringMulti piece construction, in bronze gilt with red and blue enamels, unmarked, illustrating the monogram of Queen Victoria on the centrepiece, surrounded by a garter bearing the inscription "HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE" (a maxim in the Anglo Norman language, a dialect of Old Norman French spoken by the medieval ruling class in England, meaning "shamed be whoever thinks ill of it", usually translated as "shame on anyone who thinks evil of it"; being the