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Many British military units wear coloured cloth backings behind their cap and beret badges. These are in colours based on regimental traditions, some use tartan badge backings, sometimes ribbon and sometimes hessian or Melton cloth. Melton cloth looks like felt, but is a higher quality woven fabric. Collectors often like to use these fabrics to display their cap badges.
We are not hatters, milliners, tailors or military outfitters, but sell collectable used hats, caps, helmets and berets. Unless customers specify sizes, we assume that hat size is not important to them and they are collectors who would not necessarily want to wear items in their collection. Our hats are in good condition, but are generally not new. Many are one-off items and we cannot guarantee to have specific sizes.
One of the first things that a British soldier does on being issued with a hat is to remove the size label. A beret can either shrink or stretch depending on how the original owner washed it, so even if it still has a size label it is very difficult for us to tell the true size of the hat.
We prefer that you do not specify hat size when ordering. Most hats are stocked as single quantities and it is very time-consuming for us to check hats for size.
If you need hats of specific sizes, please use metric sizes when ordering - this is because traditional British hat measurements look similar to US hat sizes, but are actually different sizes. Modern British hats use metric sizes - this is the circumference of the head in centimetres and can be measured using a cloth tape measure.
Orders for hats of specific sizes will be put to the bottom of the order-pile for us to deal with when we have more time.
Modern British hats use metric sizes - this is the circumference of the head in centimetres and can be measured using a cloth tape measure. The following size chart may help.
UK/Aus | 6 3/8 | 6 1/2 | 6 5/8 | 6 3/4 | 6 7/8 | 7 | 7 1/8 | 7 1/4 | 7 3/8 | 7 1/2 | 7 5/8 | 7 3/4 | 7 7/8 | |
US | 6 1/2 | 6 5/8 | 6 3/4 | 6 7/8 | 7 | 7 1/8 | 7 1/4 | 7 3/8 | 7 1/2 | 7 5/8 | 7 3/4 | 7 7/8 | 8 | |
Metric | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | |
Other | S | M | ML | L | XL | XXL |
Military Stable Belts, Belt-Plates & Buckles for sale.
Police and Prisons miscellaneous items for sale
Arm-bands, brassards and cuff-titles for sale. These are often used by uniformed organisations to indicate a temporary duty or responsibility. They are sometimes issued and worn instead of full military uniform to confer a legal status as combatants or non-combatants (such as the Red Cross Armband for medical personnel).
Arm-bands are a cloth band that goes around the upper arm, as opposed to a brassard, which fastens to the shoulder strap (or a button on the shoulder) and then wraps around the upper arm. In effect a brassard is longer than an arm-band.
The Royal Navy sometimes uses cuff titles as a wrist-band for duties such as 'Sentry' or 'Naval Provost'.
A black armband is traditionally used around the time of a funeral to indicate mourning.
East African Airways Cap Badge 1946-1977 Bullion wire-embroidered
Emirates Airlines Badge On Blue-Grey Bullion wire-embroidered
Explosive Search Dog - White On Black Badge Large On Velcro Embroidered
Explosive Search Dog - White On Black Harness Badge Small On Velcro Embroidered
Female Police Community Support Officer's Cravat Blue - Clip-On
General Post Office Cap Badge Crossed Post-Horns Brass QC.
GPO (General Post Office) Shoulder Title Straight Letters Chrome-plated
Headquarters Air Forces Central Europe - AIRCENT Breast Badge / Fob Enamel
Kenya Railways Cap Badge - Enamelled Flag On Velvet Oval - Post-1978 Bullion wire-embroidered
Laker Airways Cap Badge Pre-1982 Bullion wire-embroidered
Lanyard - Navy Blue Macrame-Knotted Cord
London Underground Cap Badge Post-2005 White Metal
London Underground Duty Manager Cap Badge Post-2005 Gilt
London Underground Station Supervisor Cap Badge Post-2005 White Metal
Mention In Despatches Bronze Oak Leaf Emblem For Undress Medal Ribbon Metallic bronze colour
Minden Day Rose - Royal Regiment Of Scotland Red Rose Nylon
Minden Day Roses - Royal Anglian Regiment / RRF Red And Yellow Nylon
Nottingham Corporation Tramways Lapel Badge NCT Script Letters Chrome-plated
Nottingham Corporation Transport Lapel Badge NCT Straight Letters Chrome-plated
QA Royal Army Nursing Corps Ward Uniform Badge Red On Grey Embroidered QC.
Receiver-Shank For Screw-Fit Buttons Various Thread Sizes Brass
Rectangular Brooch Pin To Hold A Single Medal Ribbon Metal
Royal Air Force Senior NCO's Sky Blue Drill Sash Woven
Royal Automobile Club Chest Badge Rounded Rectangle Woven QC.
Royal Engineers Garter Tabs For Tropical Uniform Red + Blue Stripes
Royal Thames Yacht Club Cap Badge Bullion wire-embroidered KC.
Royal Welch Fusiliers Flash (5 Long Black Ribbons For Back Of Collar) Braid
Royal Welch Fusiliers Flash (5 Short Black Ribbons For Back Of Collar) Braid
RSPCA Collar Badge (Royal Society For Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals) Bullion wire-embroidered QC.