Willsden Borough Council Fire Brigade 17mm - Pre-1941 Brass Fire...
Surbiton Fire Brigade 25mm - Pre-1941 White Metal Fire Service uniform...
Swindon Fire Brigade 22.5mm - Pre-1941 White Metal Fire Service uniform...
Southampton Fire Brigade 16.5mm - Pre-1941 Brass Fire Service uniform...
Oakley Volunteer Fire Brigade 15.5mm - Pre-1941 Brass Fire Service...
Glasgow Fire Department 23.5mm - Early Type White Metal Fire Service...
Astley Cross Fire Brigade 23.5mm - Pre-1941 Brass Fire Service uniform...
Chepstow Fire Brigade 23.5mm - Pre-1941 White Metal Fire Service...
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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Parachute Regiment - Junior Parachute Company Blue Oval Plastic Badge Backing
Parachute Regiment - Recruits / P Company Green Oval Plastic Badge Backing
Police Black & White Diced Hat Band - 7.5cm Length For Badge Display Woven Badge Backing
Police Female Officer Badge Backing For Bowler Hat Black Tombstone Felt Badge Backing
Princess Of Wales's Royal Regiment Blue/Yellow/Blue Ribbon Badge Backing
Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps Scarlet Tear-Drop Felt Badge Backing
Queen's Gurkha Signals Grant Tartan Square Tartan Badge Backing
Queen's Lancashire Regiment - 1970-2003 Yellow Diamond Plastic Badge Backing
Queen's Lancashire Regiment - 2003-2006 Primrose Diamond Foam Badge Backing
Queen's Royal Lancers - 1993-2015 Red Badge-Shape Felt Badge Backing
Red Hackle: Black Watch Or Tyneside Scottish Feather Hackle or Plume
Red Hackle: Royal Regiment Of Scotland: 3rd Batt Post-2017 Small Type Feather Hackle or Plume
Rifle Brigade - 8th Battalion - Rifle Green 2 Inch Diameter Disc Felt Badge Backing
Rifle Brigade - Rifle Green 2 Inch Square Felt Badge Backing
Royal Air Force Apprentice - Blue Disc 57mm Diameter Plastic Badge Backing
Royal Air Force Apprentice - Green Disc 57mm Diameter Plastic Badge Backing
Royal Air Force Apprentice - Red Disc 57mm Diameter Plastic Badge Backing
Royal Air Force Apprentice - Yellow Disc 57mm Diameter Plastic Badge Backing
Royal Air Force Band Sky Blue Horsehair Busby Plume With Bullion Ferrule Hackle or Plume
Royal Air Force Officer Cadet - White Disc 57mm Diameter Plastic Badge Backing
Royal Anglian Regiment Black Tombstone Felt Badge Backing
Royal Army Dental Corps Beret Badge Backing Emerald Green Oval Felt Badge Backing
Royal Army Medical Corps Beret Badge Backing RAMC Dull Cherry Oval Felt Badge Backing
Royal Artillery Officer's Binocular Case Badge - Gun 3 Bolt Fastenings Brass Stable Belt, belt-plate or buckle
Royal Berkshire Regiment Red Triangle Felt Badge Backing
Royal Devon Yeomanry Red Oval Felt Badge Backing
Royal Dragoon Guards For Officers & WO's Beret 3cm Maroon Diamond Felt Badge Backing
Royal Dragoon Guards For Other Ranks' Beret 45mm Maroon Diamond Felt Badge Backing
Royal Engineers Garter Tabs For Tropical Uniform Red + Blue Stripes
Royal Gibraltar Regiment Red / Grey / Red Ribbon Badge Backing