Description
Description: 5th Battalion (The Victorian Scottish Regiment) – Brass Hat Badge – 1930 to 1942
Maker’s Name: N/A
Condition: Very Good
Comments: 5th Battalion (The Victorian Scottish Regiment) – Brass Hat Badge – 1930 to 1942. Complete with 2 lugs.
Guaranteed to be 100% genuine. Now scarce and highly desirable and worn during the 1930s.
This is a scarce brass version – mostly these badges are seen in white metal or oxidised versions.
The Victorian Scottish Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Australian Army. Formed in 1898 as a volunteer unit of the colonial Victorian Military Forces, the unit went through a number of changes in name over the course of its 62 year history.
During World War I many of its members volunteered for overseas service and saw action at Gallipoli and on the Western Front in France. Following the end of the war, the regiment was reorganised to perpetuate the honours of the 5th Battalion, AIF.
During World War II the battalion was employed on garrison duties in Australia, although many of its members volunteered for overseas service and fought in campaigns in North Africa, the Middle East and New Guinea. Following the war, the battalion was re-raised as part of the Citizens Military Force and undertook the training of national servicemen until 1960 when the unit was disbanded and absorbed into the 1st Battalion, Royal Victoria Regiment.
Today, the regiment’s traditions are maintained by ‘B’ Company, 5th/6th Battalion, Royal Victoria Regiment.
