A Sierra Leone West African Regiment Cap Badge certificate_of_authenticity reverse marked “Eduard Quellhorst

reverse marked “Eduard Quellhorst

scattered spotting on the reverse

4 London General Hospital

the Battalion was absorbed into the 44th

A Sierra Leone West African Regiment Cap Badge certificate_of_authenticity reverse marked “Eduard QuellhorstA Sierra Leone West African Regiment Cap Badge Great Britain: Bronze gilt, unmarked, 34. 5 mm x 44. 5 mm, intact slider, gilt wear evident on the obverse, better than very fine. Rare. Footnote: The West African Regiment was raised in 1889 at Sierra Leone in West Africa. The regiment served with great distinction at Sierra Leone 1898, Ashanti 1900, and in Duala in the Cameroons 1914 1916. It was disbanded on the August 1, 1928.