Sabretache badge, 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers), post 1902

Badge with crossed carbines over a garter bearing the unit title, 'The Carabiniers', surmounted by a crown and surrounded by scrolls bearing battle honours.

A sabretache is a pouch used by cavalrymen for carrying messages.

The 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) was originally formed as Lord Lumley's Regiment of Horse at the time of the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685. The term 'carabinier' relates to the unit's use of a carbine, a shortened musket or rifle. The unit became the 6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards in 1788.

The battle honours on this badge reflect the regiment's extensive service overseas: 'Blenheim', 'Ramillies', 'Oudenarde', and 'Malplaquet' for the War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713); 'Warburg' and 'Willem' for the Seven Years War (1756-1763); 'Sebastopol' for the Crimean War (1851-1856); 'Delhi' for the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859); the 2nd Afghan War (1878-1880); the 'Relief of Kimberley' and 'Paarderberg' and 'South Africa 1899-1902' for the Boer War. The Regiment went on to serve on the Western Front during World War One (1914-1918). It was amalgamated with the 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales's) in 1922, to form the 3rd/6th Dragoon Guards.