Description
1st Regiment
signature in blue ink and partially worn
with small piece of RZM label visible on reverse
1876 in London
where the 2nd Dublins were based in Natal Colony and where they would still be when the Boer War began in 1899
A Scarce Early Sa Reserve Armand Auction Archive 1st RegimentFour piece construction; black embroidered swastika on a 88 mm white rayon roundel; on a red rayon armabd; with 9 mm white rayon strips on the top and bottom edges; measuring 204 mm x 113 (folded); lightly soiled from period use but overall very fine condition. Footnote: The SA Reserve armband was introduced in 1933 and discontinued in 1935. It was replaced by the simplified standard SA armband.