WW2 ERA BRITISH ARMY KING’S AFRICAN RIFLES 5th BATTALION UNIFORM CAP BADGE

Description

Offered is an original British Army King’s African Rifles (5th Battalion) uniform cap badge.

Die cast, gilt finished metal badge, with lugs to rear. Measures 47mm x 34mm.

The King’s African Rifles (KAR) was a multi-battalion British colonial regiment raised from the various British possessions in East Africa from 1902 until independence in the 1960s. It performed both military and internal security functions within the East African colonies as well as external service as recorded below. Rank and file were Africans called askaris, while most officers were seconded from British Army regiments. When raised there were some Sudanese officers in the Uganda raised battalions and towards the end of British colonial rule African officers were commissioned in the various battalions.