Cap Badge - 12th (County of London) Battalion The London Regiment (The Rangers) - Heritage Collections Elgin-St. Thomas

Description: This is a cap badge for the depicting a blackened brass Maltese cross, above the top arm is a tablet bearing "EXCEL", surmounted by a King's crown. The top arm of the cross bears the battle honour "SOUTH AFRICA 1900 - 02". In the centre is a circlet bearing "12TH COUNTY OF LONDON" encircling a strung bugle horn. Across the bottom of the cross is a scroll bearing "THE RANGERS". On reverse there is a slider clasp.

Item History: Donated by the Rodney Legion, Branch 525. From Rodney Legion Cap Badge Collection. Rodney Legion disbanded 2021. The Rangers was a volunteer unit of the British Army, originally formed in 1860. It provided a detachment for service in the Second Boer War, saw intensive action on the Western Front in the First World War (including the Battles of the Somme and Passchendaele), and served as motorised infantry during the Second World War during the campaigns in Greece and the Western Desert.