This is apparently a Hunt Button of the 20th Hussars. It is not known if the xHx had their own hounds for hunting however it would seem they did have a hunt button which would have been worn on their tunics whilst hunting.
20th Hussars
20th Hussars Brooch
20th Hussars White Faced Enamel Cavalry Sweetheart Brooch (from the 1914 - 1918 period). A rare original First World War period '20th Hussars white faced enamel sweetheart brooch'. Ornate gilt oval, inlaid with white enamel, depicting a "Crowned XHX" resting on title scroll with a height of about 23mm.
Mess Dress
Mess dress button of the 20th Hussars (xHx). Read more about the uniform of the xHx HERE
20th Hussars Brooch
20th (xHx) Hussars Vintage Sweetheart Brooch.
20th Hussars Shoulder Title
20th Hussars Shoulder Title from WW1 era.
The 20th Hussars
The 20th Hussars, originally raised in Inniskilling in 1759, served only in wartime until 1862, and being a junior regiment, was subjected to a number of disbandments after each successive conflict. In 1861 it was re-raised from European Cavalry in the service of the East India Company and saw action in Sudan and South Africa. … Continue reading The 20th Hussars
xHx Sweetheart Badge
20th (xHx) Hussars Sweetheart Badge.
The Band of the 20th Hussars
The Band of the 20th Hussars
Church Parade (xHx)
The Band of the 20th Hussars marching through the streets of Brighton for a Church Parade.
Brigadier-General Norton Legge D.S.O.
Lt. Colonel Norton Legge of the 20th Hussars, fought in the Egyptian and Sudan Campaigns, 1885-1886; in the Dongola Expedition, under Lord Kitchener in the Dongola Expedition (in command of four squadrons of Egyptian cavalry); and in the operations of 1898, including the Battle of Khartoum. When Lord Kitchener was appointed Chief of the Staff … Continue reading Brigadier-General Norton Legge D.S.O.
History of the 14th/20th King's Hussars 
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