United Kingdom. A Household Cavalry Badge, C.1880 Archive crossed swords on its original

crossed swords on its original triangular ribbon with hook and eye)

to formally mark its departure for the tour

when he received his orders to proceed overseas for service in the French theatre on August 2

the British lion

United Kingdom. A Household Cavalry Badge, C.1880 Archive crossed swords on its originalMulti piece construction, in bronze gilt with red and blue enamels, unmarked, illustrating the monogram of Queen Victoria on the centrepiece, surrounded by a garter bearing the inscription "HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE" (a maxim in the Anglo Norman language, a dialect of Old Norman French spoken by the medieval ruling class in England, meaning "shamed be whoever thinks ill of it", usually translated as "shame on anyone who thinks evil of it"; being the