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The cap badge of the 9th Queen’s Royal Lancers is shown on a British Army officer’s pre-1952 peaked service dress cap. The badge features crossed lances, which the regiment adopted as weapons in 1816, with pennants. (Zita Ballinger Fletcher collection)
Zita Ballinger Fletcher collection