Qualification Badges
Qualification Badges

Military qualification, proficiency, trade and occupation badges

Military proficiency, trade and qualification badges - metal and embroidered cloth patches for sale.

British Army cloth trade badges are embroidered onto different coloured backings depending on regimental tradition.

These badges are also made in different materials depending on th...

Military qualification, proficiency, trade and occupation badges

Military proficiency, trade and qualification badges - metal and embroidered cloth patches for sale.

British Army cloth trade badges are embroidered onto different coloured backings depending on regimental tradition.

These badges are also made in different materials depending on the pattern of uniform, for example, full dress uniform often has gold wire 'bullion' embroidered badges and tropical uniforms which need frequent washing often have removable metal badges.

Army metal trade badges are mainly made from brass, White Metal or Staybrite (Anodised Aluminium).

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Qualification Badges 

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  • Other Naval Insignia
    Royal Navy Branch, rank and miscellaneous qualification badges. Also some naval insignia from other Navies.
  • Army Trade Badges (Cloth)

    Military Trade, Qualification and Occupation Badges

    Military proficiency, trade, occupation and qualification embroidered cloth patches for sale.

    British Army cloth trade badges are embroidered onto different coloured backings depending on regimental tradition.

    These badges are also made in different materials depending on the pattern of uniform, for example, full dress uniform often has gold wire 'bullion' embroidered badges.

  • Overseas Police & Prisons

    Overseas Police & Prisons Qualification badges For Sale.

    Qualification badges and patches which are worn on uniforms by Police and prison staff outside the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

  • Army Trade Badges (Metal)

    Military proficiency, trade and qualification metal arm badges for sale.

    British Army badges are made in different materials depending on the pattern of uniform, for example, tropical uniforms which need frequent washing often have removable metal badges.

    Army metal trade badges are mainly made from brass, White Metal or Staybrite (also called Sta-brite or Staybright Anodised Aluminium).  Staybrite trade badges were introduced into the British Army around the early 1950s and were mainly used on tropical parade uniforms.

  • Parachute Jump Wings & Badges

    Original parachute jump wings and airborne qualification badges for sale

    As specialist international mail-order military insignia dealers, Ian Kelly (Militaria) stock a wide range of genuine military parachute wings for sale. We offer a no-quibble guarantee of authenticity.

    We buy and sell world-wide and do not knowingly deal in re-strikes or reproductions.

    For serious collectors of authentic airborne wings, we recommend the following books by Bragg and Turner -

    Parachute Badges and Insignia of the World (1979)

    Parachute Wings (1985)

    These books are major references in the field of military badge collecting. They are fully illustrated and each badge is numbered.  Militaria dealers refer to their stock using 'Bragg and Turner' numbers from these books.

  • Musician Insignia
    Musicians, pipers, drummers or buglers insignia for sale.
  • Marines and Commando
    Royal Marines and Commando specialist qualification insignia and rank badges for sale.
  • Cadet, Training or School

    Cadet Leadership Badges and Patches

    Course qualification badges awarded to cadets who have passed leadership courses.

  • Air Force Badges
    Royal Air Force and non-UK Air Force branch and qualification badges, including pilots' wings and half-wing brevets.
  • Royal Observer Corps
    Royal Observer Corps uniform insignia for sale - badges, buttons and patches.
  • Civil Defence

    Civil Defence qualification badge and patches for sale.