Here's a challenge for you all, my brother recently purchased a signet ring that depicts a light infantry or rifles horn with a "WR" and what appears to be a rose or something at the apex of the horn strap (see below).
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The individual he purchased the ring off of stated he believed it was from 1930s UK military unit.
We've been attempting to identify the unit for a bit of sleuthing fun. Does the "WR" stand for West Riding? The insignia looks like the 6th (Rifle) Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment? Could it be a Commonwealth unit? Perhaps the wearer's initials?
Any ideas?
It looks very much like this cap badge but for the WR
https://grenadiermilitaria.com/product/oxfordshire-buckinghamshire-light-infantry-regiment-cap-badge/
(https://grenadiermilitaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/IMG_6143-copy-416x464.jpg)
So a regimental ring seems a possibility.
Ithoriel, looks very similar! Fellow wargamer "DColtman" appears to have identified it as a ring belonging to the Witwatersand Rifles. The Wit Rifles were a South African unit that saw action in North Africa during WW2. Crazy to think that the ring probably started in South Africa, ended up in a UK militaria shop and now belongs to an American who learned about the identity from a Canadian wargamer! It really is a wonderful, and sometimes small, world...