CAP BADGE FOR THE HOOD BATTALION ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION

Genuine hard to find piece of history.  A cap badge in gilding metal for the Hood battalion, a division of the Royal Navy. Unfortunate loss of the lugs from the back. Could be repaired or displayed as is.   Maker marked J R Gaunt. Depicts a chough and anchor from the crest of Admiral Hood (1724-1816) resting on top of a wreathed scroll.  A scroll below inscribed with the word "steady" and a tablet inscribed "hood"

ref: Head dress badges of the British Army volume one. Up to the end of the great war. Kipling & King