Can anyone identify this medal please..

[harribobs]

Hi

The Rifle Brigade badge has a laurel scroll around it.  Certainly this is the case between the years 1903 - 1958.

Anne 

Anne

you're confusing the Rifle Brigade with the Kings Royal Rifle Corps, both had different badges in the great war period

KRRC wore a maltese cross and there's the MIC cross reference

[Wendi]

Good on ya Annie, for giving this a bash

I just thought it so unusual that it was being worn as a - how shall I say - without a ribbon that I was bewildered but it would appear that on occasion that would happen

Wendi 

[atom12]

Harribobs

Well, it does not take much to confuse me nowadays.  Anyhow, granted Richard's MIC shows him to have served in the KRRC.  However, I do not think that I am so confused as to not know the difference between the WW1 badges between the KRRC and the Rifle Brigade, unless I am missing something that you can show me. 

The reason I suggested the 'Buckinghamshire' badge was because from what I could make-out in the photograph of Richard, the crown sits close to the maltese cross as shown in my earlier post.

Whereas, the KRRC badge has a straight bar under the crown with the latin words 'celer et audax' (swift and bold)  which makes the badge look top heavy. I'm posting the KRRC badge now:

[atom12]

 

I never mentioned that Richard served with the Rifle Brigade, did I?

[harribobs]

too many anne and annies on this forum! 

Liverpool annie was the culprit!!

and i think i successfully confused eveyone

you must have good eyes to spot the difference between the various rifle regiments maltese crosses, so lets chuck the 6th, 9th and 11th london regiment in as well


*and heads for bed...quickly*

[liverpool annie]

Wot you talkin' about young Harribobs ...??

I didn't do nuthin !!

 

OK ! I said Rifle Brigade ... then I gave Tazzie the site for Kings Royal Rifle Corps !!

Mea Culpa !

[atom12]

 

Ref: you must have good eyes to spot the difference between the various rifle regiments maltese crosses, so lets chuck the 6th, 9th and 11th london regiment in as well.

Yes, well why not Harribobs  !!  Lets chuck 'em all in  including the 16th, QWKRRC, the QRR (KRRC) cos my eyes are now held together with matchsticks - well!! just about ... lol

Sleep tight 

Anne

[tazzie]

   Oh no.....

  What have I started here    now now calm down...

  I said Richard was in the Kings as shown by his medal card.
  His brother William survived the war after serving as a driver for the army service corp.
 A cousin was also in the service corp whilst another served in the Queens regiment.

   So...its it the KRRC or something else? Or will the regiment change the design of the cap badge ? If so I will have to wait until mum and dad come back from holiday as he has those details.

                  Thank you all.....to your corners and come out fighting

                best wishes

                Tazzie

[harribobs]

krrc