24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot Victorian glengarry badge

Good rare die-stamped brass issue c. 1874-81. Crowned strap inscribed 2ND WARWICKSHIRE ; Sphinx resting on a tablet EGYPT over 25 to voided centre. Brass loops North and South. Service wear.
This was the pattern of glengarry in service with 24th (later South Wales Borderers) whilst in South Africa, at the disastrous engagement at Isandhlwana on the 22nd January 1879 and at Rorke's Drift.