Material: Silvered white metal on brass pin bar
Size: 22 mm W × 32 mm H
Description: This historic artifact is an authentic British military collar insignia from the late Victorian history of The Staffordshire Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Regiment). Struck in white metal or heavily silvered brass, the central insignia depicts the traditional Staffordshire Knot with a distinctive twisted rope texture, enclosed completely by a circular strap showing the unit's title "The Queen's Own Royal Regiment". Surmounting the circular band is a highly specific Jubilee Crown, which features the distinctive flared arches that mimic the Imperial State Crown redesign issued to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. The reverse of the frame is entirely unmarked, remaining completely flat with its original dual horizontal brass fixing lugs and securing cotter pin perfectly intact.
Circa: Early to mid 20th Century
Notes:
This pattern was introduced at the turn of the century and worn during the transition into the Imperial Yeomanry era, right up until the conclusion of the Anglo-Boer War.
Formed in 1794 under the threat of a French invasion during the Revolutionary Wars, the regiment originally comprised wealthy local landowners and yeomen who provided their own horses.
Deploying to the Middle East in 1939, the Staffordshire Yeomanry was among the absolute last British regiments to operate on horseback during the early campaigns in Syria and Palestine.