An Officer's "Utrum Horum Mavis Accipe" Badge Auction I had been very much

I had been very much impressed with the necessity of watching pilots very carefully and if at all possible of sending them on leave as soon as they showed signs of strain

enclosed in an open-ended leafed wreath

initials scratched into the reverse

Foster (daughter of the Hon Asa Belknap Foster Conservative Senator for Bedford

Battalion sent to South Africa for special service in the Zulu War

An Officer's "Utrum Horum Mavis Accipe" Badge Auction I had been very muchAn Officer's "Utrum Horum Mavis Accipe" Badge Silver, unmarked, illustrating one arm blocking another arm holding a dagger, surrounded by a garter inscribed in Latin "UTRUM HORUM MAVIS ACCIPE" (Take Whichever You Prefer), placed in the centre of a full wreath of laurel leaves, 61 mm x 63 mm, dual screwposts with wingnuts on the reverse, extremely fine.