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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US Army - Quartermaster School - Airborne Department Parachute Badge Oval Embroidered Parachute jump wings or badge
US Army - Special Forces Parachute Badge Oval Embroidered Parachute jump wings or badge
US Army 101st Airborne Division Support Command Beret Shield Embroidered Badge Backing
US Army 187th Regimental Combat Team: 3rd Battalion Beret Shield Embroidered Badge Backing
US Army 1st Cavalry Division Artillery Beret Shield Embroidered Badge Backing
US Army 1st Corps Support Command XVIII Corps Beret Shield COSCOM Embroidered Badge Backing
US Army 20th Engineer Battalion (Airborne) Beret Shield Embroidered Badge Backing
US Army 27th Engineer Battalion (Airborne) Beret Shield Embroidered Badge Backing
US Army 326th Engineer Battalion (Airborne) Beret Shield Embroidered Badge Backing
US Army 37th Engineer Bn (Airborne) Error Type RARE Beret Shield Embroidered Badge Backing
US Army 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) Beret Shield 1963-69 Embroidered Badge Backing
US Army 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment 3rd Batt Beret Shield Embroidered Badge Backing
US Army 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) - Black Beret Shield Embroidered Badge Backing
US Army 618th Engineer Company (Airborne) Beret Shield Embroidered Badge Backing
US Army 6th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Beret Shield 1963-71 Embroidered Badge Backing
US Army 73d Armor, 3rd Battalion - Type 1 Beret Shield Embroidered Badge Backing
US Army 82nd Airborne Division 2nd Brigade HHC #1 Beret Shield Embroidered Badge Backing
US Army 82nd Airborne Division 3rd Brigade HHC #1 Beret Shield Embroidered Badge Backing
US Army 82nd Airborne Division HQ/ Specialist Troops Beret Shield Embroidered Badge Backing
US Army 82nd Aviation Regiment Beret Shield Embroidered Badge Backing
US Army 8th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Beret Shield 1963-72 Embroidered Badge Backing
US Army Beret Shield Embroidered Badge Backing
US Army John F Kennedy Special Warfare Center Beret Shield Embroidered Badge Backing
US Army Puerto Rico National Guard Command: Se Puede Beret Shield Embroidered Badge Backing
US Army Reserve Officer Training Corps Ranger Beret Shield - ROTC Embroidered Badge Backing
V (Liverpool Scottish) Company 5th/8th Bn Kings Regt Forbes Tartan Tartan Badge Backing
Welch Regiment 45mm Red Square Felt Badge Backing
Welsh Guards Hat Band - 7.5cm Length For Badge Display Woven Badge Backing
Welsh Guards White/ Green/ White Horse-Hair Bearskin Plume - Other Ranks Hackle or Plume
White Hackle: R Fus, R Scots Fus, R Welch Fus Or RHF Feather Hackle or Plume