GREAT BRITAIN: WW1 Officer's Cap Badge of
the Suffolk Regiment.
Rare early type with lugs.
The Suffolk Regiment was an infantry
regiment of the British Army with a history
dating back to 1685.
During WW1, the 1st Battalion of the
Regiment saw action on the Western Front
(Second Battle of Ypres, May 1915, where it
suffered 400 losses) before it was transferred
to Egypt.
The 2nd Battalion distinguished itself at the
Battle of Le Cateau (26 Aug. 1914) where
during a rear-guard operation, while out-
manned and out-gunned by superior German
forces, they fought almost to the last man
(720 out of 1000 men of the 2nd Battalion
were killed, wounded or captured among them
the Commanding Offieer Lt. Col. C.A.H. Brett
DSO (KIA) and the 2nd in Command, Maj. E.C.
Doughty (WIA)).
WW1 1914 - 1918
Item 100% original
Condition as on the photos
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