17th Infantry (The Loyal Regiment) officer’s 27mm, worn 1903-1922
£15.00£12.00
The large 27mm size officer’s gilt button has king’s crown above a circle with the name THE LOYAL REGIMENT around the roman numerals XVII and has the backmark HOBSON & SONS LEXINGTON ST LONDON W.The regiment took this title in 1903, before which it was the 17th Musalman Rajput Infantry. It had two battalions during the 1914-18 War. It disappeared in the 1922 reorganisation. jun18/8
