[UK] – Shoulder Title – Cyprus Regiment (Brass)

Description

Description: UK – Shoulder Title – Cyprus Regiment (Brass).

Maker’s Name: N/A

Condition: Very Good

Comments: UK – Shoulder Title – Cyprus Regiment – Brass title with two lugs.

The Cyprus Regiment was created by the British Government during the Second World War, and made part of the British Army structure. It was mostly made up of volunteers from the Greek and Turkish Cypriot inhabitants of Cyprus, but also included other Commonwealth nationalities.

The badge of the Cyprus Regiment was a shield charged with two lions passant guardant in pale and ensigned with the Imperial Crown and below the shield was a scroll bearing the title of the regiment.