Cap Badge - 2nd King Edward's Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment) This badge was sold by Jim Purdy for $25.00 on e-Bay in the Spring/Summer of 2017. This badge was deemed irrelevant to the museum. The money was used to purchase relevant badges for the collection. The King Edward's Horse badges are in brass or gilding metal and have sliders, the 2nd KEH is a little different and has a "2nd" under the crown and different scrolls and 1914 at the bottom. There are KEH collars in brass with 2 North - South lugs, the shoulder title is KEH over KODR there is also a 2/KEH shoulder title for 2nd KEH. King Edward's Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1901, which saw service in the First World War. There were two regiments of King Edwards Horse after 1914, as a duplicate unit was raised privately by a swashbuckling member of parliament and then offered to the war office. Once formed, it meant that the original unit became the 1st KEH and the new unit became the 2nd KEH. The 1st KEH served in France and Italy, initially as dispersed squadrons, each supporting a discrete division, but later reunified as a complete regiment. Conversely the 2nd KEH had a lot of hanging around, partly in Britain and partly in Ireland, although some elements were eventually merged into the fledgling Tank Corps. It did not see any action as a formed body, but many of its members did as they became dispersed within other units when disbanded in August 1917. The (original or 1st) Regiment was disbanded in March 1924, and both it and its comrades' association have ceased to exist. However, in 1909 the Regiment officially sanctioned and formed a regimental masonic lodge, the King's Colonials Lodge No 3386, in London. As the number of surviving members of the closed regiment dwindled, they opened membership of the regimental Lodge to all interested persons, and passed all regimental traditions to the Lodge. The Worshipful Master of the Lodge has an official entitlement to wear the regimental tie (now the only living person with that entitlement), and the Lodge became the custodians of all regimental property, including regimental silver valued at many thousands of pounds. The Lodge continues to function, and to maintain regimental traditions. The regimental property is stored by the Lodge in a secure vault at Haileybury College. The Lodge continues to tend regimental graves, and to lay wreaths at the regimental memorials in London and France. The 1st & 2nd King Edwards Horse had the standard issue british cap during WW I. Note: The 2nd King Edwards Horse had no connection with the 1st Regiment except they 'pinched' the name.