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We stock a range of genuine Army cap badges for sale. The cap badges in this section are the type worn by 'Other Ranks' (ORs), which is a British Army phrase meaning enlisted men and women, who are not Officers. Cap badges worn by ORs, NCOs and Warrant Officers are ...
We stock a range of genuine Army cap badges for sale. The cap badges in this section are the type worn by 'Other Ranks' (ORs), which is a British Army phrase meaning enlisted men and women, who are not Officers. Cap badges worn by ORs, NCOs and Warrant Officers are in this section.
Most of these are British Army Cap Badges, or from the British Commonwealth or British Empire regiments and corps.
If a cap badge has a crown, this can be used to tell the date or age of the cap badge.
Some British Army regiments have regimental beret badges, which tend to be smaller than the badges worn on the peaked (visor) cap. Beret badges first appeared in the late 1940s, so King's Crown beret badges can be rare because the last King of England died in 1952.
Officers' cap badges tend be be made from better quality metals and are often more ornate in design than Other Ranks' insignia. Sometimes the Officer-pattern head-dress badge is a totally different size or design to the hat badges worn by enlisted personnel. This section deals with cap badges worn by ordinary soldiers, not officers.
Lightweight Staybrite aluminium replaced brass and white metal as the main metal for British Other Ranks' military insignia from about 1950 onwards, although some regiments had sufficient stocks of the old metal cap badges and did not convert to Staybrite cap badges until many years later. This section of our website deals with badges made from more traditional metals. Some more recent badges have reverted to being made from heavier, more durable metals and these heavier modern cap badges are also included in this section.
During World War Two, many regiments and corps had cap badges made from plastic as a wartime economy measure - these are shown in a separate section for WW2 Bakelite cap badges.
We also sell coloured regimental cap and beret badge backings - click for details
Royal Irish Regiment Piper's Caubeen Badge: 1st Type No Enamel Silver-plated QC. Other Ranks' metal cap badge
Royal Irish Regiment Piper's Caubeen Badge: 2nd Type Green String Infill Silver-plated and enamel QC. Other Ranks' metal cap badge
Royal Irish Rifles Pre-1913 Blackened KC. Other Ranks' metal cap badge
Royal Lancashire Reserve Regiment 1900-1901 (Boer War) Brass Other Ranks' metal cap badge
Royal Lincolnshire Regiment Bi-metallic Other Ranks' metal cap badge
Royal Logistic Corps (2nd Pattern - Blue Scrolls) Formed 5 April 1993 Silver-plated, gilt and enamel QC. Other Ranks' metal cap badge
Royal Logistic Corps (3rd Pattern - Not Enamelled) Introduced 2003 Silver-plate and gilt QC. Other Ranks' metal cap badge
Royal Marine Artillery 1870-1922 Brass Other Ranks' metal cap badge
Royal Marines Brass KC. Other Ranks' metal cap badge
Royal Marines Brass QC. Other Ranks' metal cap badge
Royal Marines Metallic bronze colour QC. Other Ranks' metal cap badge
Royal Marines Band Helmet Plate Brass KC. Other Ranks' metal cap badge
Royal Marines Band Helmet Plate Brass QC. Other Ranks' metal cap badge
Royal Marines Band Portsmouth GvR Cipher Silver-plate and gilt KC. Other Ranks' metal cap badge
Royal Marines Bandmaster 1st & 2nd Class 2-Part - 1903-1936 Gilt KC. Other Ranks' metal cap badge
Royal Mercian And Lancastrian Yeomanry Sealed 22 Feb 1994 Silver-plated, gilt and enamel Other Ranks' metal cap badge
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst White Metal QC. Other Ranks' metal cap badge
Royal Military College (Sandhurst) - GviR 1936-1947 Bi-metallic KC. Other Ranks' metal cap badge
Royal Military College (Sandhurst) - GvR 1911-1936 Brass KC. Other Ranks' metal cap badge
Royal Military Police Brass QC. Other Ranks' metal cap badge
Royal Military Police - Rubbed GviR - 1948-1952 Brass KC. Other Ranks' metal cap badge
Royal Montreal Regiment (MG) Canadian Army Brass KC. Other Ranks' metal cap badge
Royal Munster Fusiliers Pre-1922 Irish Bi-metallic Other Ranks' metal cap badge
Royal Netherlands Army - Menno Van Coehoorn Regiment Red Badge Backing Brass Other Ranks' metal cap badge
Royal Netherlands Army Administration Corps + Pink Felt Badge Backing Chrome-plated Other Ranks' metal cap badge
Royal Netherlands Army Chasse Regiment Brass Other Ranks' metal cap badge
Royal Netherlands Army Chasse Regiment + Red Badge Backing Brass Other Ranks' metal cap badge
Royal Netherlands Army Commissariat Brass Other Ranks' metal cap badge
Royal Netherlands Army Engineers + Green Felt Backing Brass Other Ranks' metal cap badge
Royal Netherlands Army Infantry + Red Felt Badge Backing Brass Other Ranks' metal cap badge