QVC The Derbyshire Rifle Volunteers Officers button helmet ∙ Posted back to 16th

∙ Posted back to 16th Battalion

as a day fighter squadron of the Auxiliary Air Force with Spitfires

equipped with Sherman tanks

Matching pair of hat buttons

Badge has plenty of service wear

QVC The Derbyshire Rifle Volunteers Officers button helmet ∙ Posted back to 16thVolunteers Victorian Officers Button by Smithson & Brigden of Derby A very unusual silver plated officers button of the Derbyshire Volunteers, surmounted by a Victorian Crown over a strung bugle horn, with DERBYSHIRE above and VOLUNTEERS below within a raised rim. The backmark, struck in an arc, reads SMITHSON & BRIGDEN DERBY with the original copper alloy shank intact. The silver plating has worn through on the high points to reveal the warm gilt