Ceylon Mounted Rifles horse harness badge.

Good scarce 7 cm die-stamped white metal example. Within a strap “ Ceylon Mounted Rifles”, applied Prince of Wales’s plumes on a domed ground. Three loops to reverse which bears oval maker’s tablet of Hobson & Sons, 1, 3 & 5 Lexington St, London W. VGC

Raised in 1887 comprising two Squadrons; disbanded circa 1937, its remaining members joining the Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps.

Code: 1026020