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Victorian Colonial and pre WW1 Units Page 1

Victorian Rangers

Victorian Rifles

Geelong Volunteer Rifles 1854 Pill box cap badge Also the Collingwood Volunteer Rifles & others

Geelong Volunteers Victorian Volunteer Rifles 1859 (Melbourne, Geelong, Portland, Belfast, Warnambool)

North Melbourne Rifles 1864 Cap badge

Victorian Volunteer Rifles 1859 Pouch badge

Victorian Yeomanry Cavalry 1855-1862 Ballarat Volunteer Rifles (Ballarat Rangers) 1858

Collar badge

Ballarat Volunteer Rifles (Ballarat Rangers) 1858 Ballarat Volunteer Rifles (Ballarat Rangers) 1858

Ballarat Volunteer Rifles (Ballarat Rangers) 1858 Ballarat Volunteer Rifles (Ballarat Rangers) 1858
Possibly Ballarat Volunteer Rifles (Ballarat Rangers) circa 1902 (silver or whitemetal) as claimed by the owner

or possibly Indian Army, post 1901 of the Bangalore Volunteer Rifles, (see Cox no. 2708).

Possibly both.

Victorian Scottish Regiment 1898-1903 Victorian Volunteer Cadet Corps
Some images from Military badges of the Australian Colonies 1800-1903 by Rick Grebert

ISBN 0 909458 22 7  Landers Publishing

 

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