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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Wiltshire Regiment 50mm Maroon Square Felt Badge Backing
Women's Royal Army Corps - Beech Brown Tear-Drop WRAC Felt Badge Backing
Worcestershire & Sherwood Foresters Lincoln Green Felt Badge Backing
Worcestershire Regiment Emerald Green Felt Badge Backing
York And Lancaster Regiment White Square Felt Badge Backing