When the regiment was formed in 1881 the badges of the 16th Foot and Hertfordshire Militia were combined. The badge for the full dress helmet plate featured a Maltese cross superimposed on an eight-pointed star, in the centre of which was a hart (a male deer) crossing a ford.
When the regiment was established in 1881, the insignia of the 16th Foot and Hertfordshire Militia were merged. The emblem on the full dress helmet plate featured a Maltese cross superimposed on an eight-pointed star, with a stag (male deer) crossing a ford at its center.