Military Cap badges
The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry cap badge is the smallest in the army, a brass horn with the Rose of York in the twist of the horn.
The cap badge shown here however is one from 1901 with the Victoria Crown and was worn on a pagri (turban)
To find out more about the long and illustrious history of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry visit the museum which is incorporated into Doncaster Museum
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