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Victorian Colonial and pre WW1 Units Page 3

  Victorian Volunteer Medical Service c.1875 Victorian Volunteer Medical Service c.1875

  • Officers cap badge. Gold bullion on royal blue background and the motto "CEDE NULLIS" (Yield to none) in red

 

  • The unit became the 8th Australian Infantry Regiment in 1903
 Bendigo & Castlemaine Infantry Regiment  

 Victorian Military Engineers Formed 1861. This is a 5 years service badge c.1880  Victorian Engineers proficiency badge for Field Companies. Black felt backing cloth, silver or gilt badge. From about 1861

Victorian Volunteer Service 1865  Melbourne Cavalry 1900

 Victorian Military Forces Shako plate 1855 Victorian Volunteer Rifles Shako plate c.1870

 Victorian Volunteer Rifles Shako plate c.1875 Victorian Military Forces Shoulder belt plate

Worn on both blue and green cloth helmets

Victorian Military Forces cross belt plate

Victorian Military Forces helmet plate 1880-93

Victorian Military Forces Officers helmet plate & ORs forage cap badge

Victorian Military Forces Hat badge

Victorian Military Forces. Volunteers shoulder belt badge 1874-1875 and Cadets Glengarry badge

Victorian Military Forces. Hat and Glengarry badge post 1884
  • Australian Pre Federation Martingale Horse badge and breast strap, State of Victoria c-1880's
EARLY VICTORIAN TROOPERS SNAKE BELT BUCKLE HALF. VICTORIA ARMY VOLUNTEERS? LOCAL FORCES? POLICE? MILITIA?

Victorian Military Forces ORs belt buckle

Victorian Military Forces Officers belt buckle

Victorian Military Forces ORs belt buckle c.1875

Victorian Military Forces Officers belt buckle c.1875

Victorian belt buckle with the "Pro Deo Et Patria" motto, not the more normal "Aut Page Aut Bello".

 

 

Victorian Military Force Marksman badge see below

Victorian Military Force 5 years service badge

Victorian Military Force 20 years service badge

Victorian Military Force 5 years service arm badge

 

HQ Victorian Forces

 

Unidentified, probably collar badge

Colonial Marksmen's Badges

Gold embroidered marksmanship badges such as this were worn on the sleeve of the left forearm, to indicate that the wearer was the best shot in his Company. Badges could be worn until the next annual qualifying attempt (12 months). In Victoria, during the 1860s and 1870s, marksmen who successfully defended their ranking wore year bars to indicate the length of time they had held the title, this (first) example being for the period 1863 to 1867.
Gold embroidered marksmanship badges such as this were worn on the sleeve of the left forearm, to indicate that the wearer was the best shot in his Company. Badges could be worn until the next annual qualifying attempt (12 months).  
This badge was won by Junior Cadet John Abbott Longworth at the Bisley Shooting Competition in 1911. At the time Longworth was in England with the Australian Cadet Contingent to the coronation of King George V. Longworth enlisted in the AIF on 27 March 1916 and served with 34 Battalion. He was killed in action on 12 October 1917 and is buried at Tyne Cot Cemetery in Belgium
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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