RAF Regiment - 15 Squadron - RAF Leeming Snake & Bayonet Embroidered...
59 (59th Stormont & Glengarry Battalion Of Infantry) Pre-WW1 Canada...
Royal Navy Lieutenant Rank Slide For Left Shoulder Black On Olive...
Walsall Fire Brigade 24mm - 1950-1974 Chrome-plated Fire Service...
Belgian Prisons Cap Badge Brass Overseas Police, Prison or Corrections...
Lance-Corporal's Rank Stripes - No.1 Dress Gold On Black Bullion...
Corporal's Rank Stripes - No.1 Dress Gold On Black Bullion...
Sergeant's Rank Stripes - No.1 Dress Gold On Black Bullion...
Many military units wear coloured backings behind their cap badges - mainly on berets. Most Scottish units wear tartan patches on Tam o'Shanters.
Accoutrements such as plumes are made of horse-hair and used on Bearskin caps and Busby hats. Hackles are made from coloured feathers and worn behind the c...
Many military units wear coloured backings behind their cap badges - mainly on berets. Most Scottish units wear tartan patches on Tam o'Shanters.
Accoutrements such as plumes are made of horse-hair and used on Bearskin caps and Busby hats. Hackles are made from coloured feathers and worn behind the cap badge.
Not only do these improve the display of a collection, the embellishments are collectable items in their own right, as many are linked to events in the history of the unit. Most backings are hard to obtain as the Melton cloth and tartans are made from top quality military-specification materials, not normally available from retail shops.
A superb book on this subject is -
Badge Backings and Special Embellishments of the British Army. ISBN 0951434209: published in 1992 by the UDR Benevolent Fund.
A superb unique reference work - the only book on this subject. Many pictures and information direct from the regiments concerned.
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Cavalry / Yeomanry Shoulder Chain Mail Excellent Condition Nickel-plated
City Of London Police Red & White Hat Dicing 7.5cm Display Length Woven Badge Backing
Devonshire & Dorset Regiment Grass Green 45mm Sq. Felt Badge Backing
Dorset Regiment & Dorsetshire Regiment Grass Green 50mm Sq. Felt Badge Backing
Dorset Territorials Grass Green 50mm Sq. Felt Badge Backing
Duke Of Cornwall's Light Infantry - Red Insert On Rifle Green Square Felt Badge Backing
Duke Of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment Small Red Triangle Felt Badge Backing
Duke Of Lancaster's Regiment Red Diamond Felt Badge Backing
Duke Of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) Rounded Red Triangle Felt Badge Backing
Durham Light Infantry - Rifle Green 2 Inch Diameter Disc Felt Badge Backing
East Lancashire Regiment Primrose Diamond Felt Badge Backing
Edinburgh & Heriot-Watt Universities OTC Hunting Stewart Tartan Badge Backing
Essex Regiment - Pompadour Purple Diamond Felt Badge Backing
First City Regiment (South Africa) Graham Of Montrose Tartan Badge Backing
Garda Siochana (Irish Police) Collar Badge Backing Royal Blue Square Felt Badge Backing
Glasgow & Strathclyde Universities OTC (75mm Square) Mackenzie (Vertical) Tartan Badge Backing
Gordon Highlanders Or The Highlanders (75mm Square) Gordon Tartan Tartan Badge Backing
Green Hackle - Royal Regiment Of Scotland: 5th Bn Flat Fan-Shape Feather Hackle or Plume
Green Howards Beret Badge Backing - Post-1952 Dark Green 50mm Sq. Felt Badge Backing
Green Howards For Pre-1952 'Eiffel Tower' Type Badge Rounded Triangle Felt Badge Backing
Guards & Household Cavalry Badge Backing (50 X 63mm) Blue/Maroon/Blue Ribbon Badge Backing
Gurkha Independent Parachute Company - Ribbon Braid On Rifle Green Felt Badge Backing
Gurkha Transport Regiment (worn On Hat Felt Gurkha) Blue-Black Square Twill Badge Backing
Helmet Plate Centre Backcloth - Non-Royal Regiments 45mm Black Disc Felt Badge Backing
Helmet Plate Centre Backcloth - Royal Regiments 45mm Red Disc Felt Badge Backing
Helmet Plate Centre Backcloth - South Staffordshire 45mm Brown Disc Holland Linen Badge Backing
Helmet Plate Centre Backcloth - Yorkshire Regiment 45mm Green Disc Felt Badge Backing
Highland Light Infantry / R Highland Fus (75mm Sq) Mackenzie (Vertical) Tartan Badge Backing
Honourable Artillery Company - For Beret Black Oval Felt Badge Backing
Honourable Artillery Company Hat Band - 9.5cm Length For Badge Display Felt Badge Backing