Vintage ROYAL REGIMENT OF FUSILIERS Wall plaque, 1968, 5th, 6th, 7th & 20th Foot

Northumberland, Warwickshire, Royal (London) and Lancashire Fusiliers

Rare and assumed to be a one-off....

Dated around 1980 - 90's, I would suggest

Wooden (pine) backplate with hand-painted military crests and hand-written titles

51cm x 35cm 

Good condition, with some superficial wear and marks. 

The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in continuous existence for 283 years. It was known as the 7th Regiment of Foot until the Childers Reforms of 1881.

The regiment served in many wars and conflicts throughout its long existence, including the Second Boer War, the First World War and the Second World War. In 1968, the regiment was amalgamated with the other regiments of the Fusilier Brigade – the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, the Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers and the Lancashire Fusiliers – to form a new large regiment, the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.

The Royal Fusiliers War Memorial, a monument dedicated to the almost 22,000 Royal Fusiliers who died during the First World War, stands on Holborn in the City of London.

Presumably created by Eddie Legard of Grimsby, label to the back.