Material: White Metal
Size: 28mm w × 45mm h
Description: Worn proudly by personnel of the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry / Scottish Horse, an armored unit of the British Army's Territorial Force, this cap badge represents a historic amalgamation of Scottish cavalry regiments. The highly detailed central motif depicts the Thane of Fife—a medieval knight in complete armor charging on a caparisoned warhorse while wielding a raised sword. This striking equestrian figure is superimposed directly onto a large St. Andrew's Cross (Saltire), where the individual diagonal arms are embellished with detailed laurel sprigs on the left and oak leaf garlands on the right. Surmounting the entire composition is the Queen's Crown (St. Edward's Crown), denoting its active service lineage under Queen Elizabeth II following the post-1956 restructuring of the Scottish Yeomanry forces.
Reverse: Slider marked JR GAUNT BHAM
Circa: 1956–1965 (General consensus is the B'HAM mark is 70s repro market)
Notes:
The badge is a study in tactical contrasts. In WWII, the 1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry served in the famous 79th Armoured Division ("Hobart's Funnies"), operating Crocodile flamethrower tanks, representing the "heavy" armoured lineage. In contrast, the Scottish Horse maintained a reputation for light reconnaissance and scouting, born from their irregular origins on the South African veldt.
During WWI, the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry were dismounted and fought as infantry (the 14th Battalion, Black Watch) in Gallipoli and Palestine, famously charging Turkish machine guns with bayonets—a far cry from the mounted knight on their badge.