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BADGE
Unique ID: NLM-B5491B
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy badge. Pressed metal badge of a bicycle battalion of the British Army. The badge comprises a twelve spoked bicycle wheel surmounted by a cushion crown with crossed rifles behind - though only the stocks and muzzles of the rifles are modelled. The finder kindly identifies this as of the [9th] Northern Cyclist Battalion. Ten Cyclist battalions were raised from 1908, either as Territorial units or as supplementary battalions of established Regiments. They served on cycles for home defence duties, and when at the Front would usually fulfil an infantry role. Along with other formations, they were either disbanded or converted to conventional infantry by 1922. Peter Hart kindly confirms this object as of The Northern Cyclist Battalion, citing Kipling and King vol 1 no. 1866. Suggested date: Modern, 1908-1922.
Height: 43.0mm, Width: 30.8mm, Thickness: 0.9mm, Weight: 5.17gms.
Class: Uniform
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Exactly AD 1908
Date to: Exactly AD 1922
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 43 mm
Width: 30.8 mm
Thickness: 0.9 mm
Weight: 5.17 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 27th April 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM25400a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Figurative
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Roxby cum Risby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9216
Four figure Latitude: 53.63244975
Four figure longitude: -0.61018351
1:25K map: SE9216
1:10K map: SE91NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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