It is a British Army officer’s cap badge of the First World War era, surmounted by a King’s (Imperial/Tudor) Crown.
The man is wearing the standard khaki Service Dress uniform of a British Army officer (peaked forage cap, brass buttons, Sam Browne belt, puttees, and officer’s cane). On the front of the peaked cap is the unit’s metal cap badge.
The prominent feature is the King’s Crown (also called the Imperial or Tudor Crown), the style used during the reign of King George V and earlier. Almost all British Army cap badges of the period were topped with this crown. The specific central design below the crown (the part that identifies the exact regiment, corps, or unit) is small and not sharp enough in the image to identify with certainty—common possibilities include infantry, artillery, engineers, or other arms, but the detail is insufficient for a precise match.
Staff officers sometimes wore a different badge (often a lion-over-crown on a red band), but this appears to be a standard regimental/corps badge on a normal officer’s cap with a leather chinstrap.
In short: King’s Crown pattern British Army officer’s cap badge (WWI period), unit-specific but not fully legible from the photo.
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