The Dress Regulations of 1883 and 1891 describe the badge worn on the dress tunic of officers of the East Surreys as: The Arms of Guildford in silver on a shield in frosted gilt metal, with burnished edges. This illustration from Records and Badges of the British Army by Chichester and Burges Short shows the Arms of Guildford, consisting of the castle, lion and key. The scale of this drawing allows us to see the detail on the central tower of the castle; the arms of Kingston-on-Thames, which is three salmon on a shield. At some time in the 1890s this collar badge was changed to the arms of Guildford superimposed on a bright cut-silver star, in keeping with the badges worn on the forage cap and by other ranks. The 1900 Dress Regulations describe such a badge.
