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Hello Rory,
Well I have to say it looks okay to me, when I first saw it, in the other post, it looked bronze and I just thought no.
The actual badges were made in three pieces from a rather pale coloured gold brass, many officers wore them without the IY rosette.
They are really rather rare, if the piece is attached by cotton thread to rosette, then I'd just not bother removing it.
Regards Frank

Hello Rory,
You have not told us who the recipient was!
Regards Frank

Rory wrote: Some might recall me posting a very blurred photo recently of a badge surrounded by a red rosette which, the consensus of opinion confirmed as being a Sharp Shooters badge.

I have now received the medals and trimmings from the UK and post a better image of the badge and accoutrements.

Comments welcome!

Regards

Rory

William Norton Mepstead was his name Frank

A 21 year old from Camberwell in the city, very nice too, don't be fooled by those papers, this unit was not the norm, it was rather special.
Regards Frank

Thanks for that Frank

I know so little about these chaps and this unit. Is there any other information which you are able to provide or point me in the direction of?

Regards

Rory

Hello Rory,
It's not so much what they were actually doing out on the veldt, it's more about who they were and how they were raised, the reputation that they had from inception and what they went on to become, from my way of thinking, they were rather like Lord Lovats's Scouts, i.e. not the typical IY recruit, those wretched "seedy" looking youths, out for a "sky lark" on a sea voyage to the Cape, with no idea whatsoever as to what actually awaited them.
It has been suggested that there were a good number of gentlemen in the City Imperial Volunteers, but, there were a hell of a lot in the Sharpshooters, moreover, they were all very keen exponents of the Lee Metford too.
Regards Frank