Now this picture, of more recent and familiar 'Noodles badges', answers a question raised in the aforementioned conversation.
First point to note is that the Regiment served in the 2nd Boer War. For their service, in 1905, they were granted the battle honour 'South Africa 1900-02'
So.. anything you find for this unit which shows the battle honour must be post 1905.
These two badges then are a pre 1905 no battle honour cap badge (on the left) and a post 1905 battle honour cap badge (on the right)
The 'no battle honour' badge is scarce. Worth 5 times the other one. So our question was if the unscrupulous were to break off the scroll from the 'battle honour' badge would you not then be able to deceive the collector into thinking it was a rare 'no battle honour' badge??
Well, now we have them side by side we can see there is another major difference. The circular part of the badge that carries the title 'Northumberland Hussars' is a 'garter' on the older badge, with a strap end hanging down. The post 1905 it is a circlet, no strap end. So in theory, not possible to illicitly convert the post 1905 badge to an older one.
