Royal Irish Rifles 83rd Regiment of Foot , Victorian Paper Crest

• Royal Irish Rifles 83rd Regiment of Foot
• Victorian Paper Crest
• Size : 28mm × 27mm

• History of Paper Crests.
Following the demise of wax seals on correspondence after the introduction of postage stamps , these die stamped Crests were created to ' announce ' oneself on an envelope or headed paper. They were used by many organisations such as the military , hospitals , sports clubs ,trades , royalty and titled families etc , On their correspondence. It became a popular collecting hobby from Victorian times right through to the 1930s , and is especially interesting within the Military Field where many of the old Regiments no longer exist.
• The Crests are generally about the size of a Postage stamp and smaller.

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