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Site Introduction
This site lists a range of
British Army Cap
Badges |
Beret Badges |
Regimental Helmet Plates (HP 's) &
Helmet Plate Centres ( HPC 's ) |
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Shako Badges |
Glengarry Badges |
Military Badges and Insignia
Commonwealth and Other Countries |
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British Military Medals |
Medal Bars & Medal Clasps |
Our range of cap badges covers Infantry Regiments , Cavalry Regiments , Guards Regiments , Yeomanry Regiments , Volunteer Regiments, WW1 Pals Regiments and more and we cover a range of British Military history from the early 1800's to present day.
If this is your first time here be sure to read the sections 'About Badges' and 'How to Order' which provide useful information.
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Latest Updates 31st JULY 2012
Updated Other Ranks Glengarry Badges - new items added
27th JULY 2012
Updated Officers Glengarry Badges - one new item . Majority of Officers Glengarry badges are now sold out as indicated.
Main News
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Important Notice
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No commercial use of this web site is permitted other than to conduct business with S.R.S. of South Shields, England
You may not re-use, modify or alter images, content or any other information found on this web site without the express written permission of the web site owners. All rights reserved.
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| British Military Cap
Badges | Hundreds of cap badges listed & pictured in this section alone !!!
Click the picture or the link to go to the badges ! |
Regimental Corps
includes; Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, Reconnaisance Corps, REME, Royal Signals, ATS, Military Police and many more |
Cavalry & Armoured
includes; Life Guards, Horse Guards, Dragoons, Lancers & Hussars. Also includes Tank Regiments and Royal Armoured Corps |
Infantry
includes; London Regiments, Black Watch, Gordon Highlanders, Rifle Corps, Fusiliers, Royal Marines, Royal Scots, Rifle Brigade, Light Infantry Regiments and lots more ..... |
Foot Guards
includes; Coldstream Guards, Grenadier Guards, Scots Guards, Welsh Guards, Irish Guards, Guards Machine Gun Battalion ..... |
Yeomanry
includes; Scottish Horse, Ayrshire Yeomanry, Westminster Dragoons, North Irish Horse, Pembroke Yeomanry, Lovat Scouts, Welsh Horse, British American & many more..... |
Airborne, Gurkha, Royal Air Force, Home Guard & Others
includes; Special Air Service, Parachute Regt., Commando, Gurkha, War Raised Units (Remounts etc.,), Home Guard , Volunteers, Malta Regiment and many more.... |
Helmet Plates , Shako Badges, Glengarry Badges etc.,
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1812 - 1816 Pattern Waterloo Shako Badges
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1861-1869 Pattern Other Ranks Quilted Shako Badges
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1869 - 1878 Pattern Other Ranks Shako Badges
includes; 26th Regiment of Foot (Cameronians) , Border Regiment, Irish Rifles and Durham Light Infantry |
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1869 - 1878 Pattern Officers Shako Badges
includes; 24th Regiment of Foot (South Wales Borderers) , Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry and others |
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Pre 1881 Pattern Glengarry Badges These were among the last badges issued ahead of the Cardwell Reforms which did away with the system of regimental numbering in 1881. Following 1881 the more familiar county titles were introduced.
We now list the majority of regiments including variants.
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Post 1881 Officers Pattern Glengarry Badges These bear a different, according to regiment, regimental device in the centre of a standardised backing glengarry badge .
We have a number of different regiments usually available subject to stock.
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1878 - 1881 Pattern Other Ranks Blue Cloth Helmet Plates includes 17th Regt. of Foot, 24th Regt. of Foot, 88th Regt. of Foot |
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1878 - 1881 Officers Blue Cloth Helmet Plates includes 10th Regt. of Foot, 24th Regt. of Foot, 68th Regt. of Foot |
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1881 - 1902 Pattern Other Ranks Helmet Plates These were worn with the Infantry helmets adopted in 1878 and have the crown of Queen Victoria.
Section includes Durham Light Infantry,The Duke of Wellingtons (West Riding) Regiment & South Wales Borderers
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1881-1902 Pattern Officers Blue Cloth Helmet Plates Following the 1881 reforms which did away with the method of numbering regiments, these badges generally display the regimental name and regimental device.
This section currently includes:- The South Wales Borderers ; The Suffolk Regiment |
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1881 - 1914 Pattern Helmet Plate Centres These replaced the glengarry badge and could worn either in the glengarry cap, when a seperate crown would be set above, or, they could be worn with a universal pattern helmet plate to which they were designed to be affixed.
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 | Miscellaneous Helmet Plates, Shako Badges, Belt Plates and Pouch Badges includes Royal Artillery Helmet Plates, Royal Irish Rifles Plates, Royal Scots Dragoons Pouch Badge, Gordon Highlanders Sporran/Plaid Brooch Badge & many more |
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| Enamelled & Lapel Badges |
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We have a small selection of enamel and lapel badges. Here you will find badges for HM Submarines Service as well as Womens Land Army badges. Also included are Special Air Service lapel badges as well as various airborne items.
Below we show the Submariners badge. Various other badges including RAF, Airborne and Womens Land Army available |  | |
| Books & References |
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 As a relatively inexpensive introduction to British Military Badges we recommend Military Badge Collecting by John Gaylor if you're just starting out.
For WW1 badges we recommend Military Badges of the British Empire 1914-1918 by Cox
and for British Army Badges in general, Head-Dress Badges of the British Army by Kipling and King which is available in two volumes though each volume can be purchased seperately.
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| Victorian Pattern Cross Belt Plates |
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A new section listing Cross Belt Plates. Cross Belt Plates make an impressive display either on their own or together with Regimental Cap Badges. Click the link below for Victorian pattern Cross Belt page which has plates from the 72nd of Foot (Seaforth Highlanders), 18th of Foot ( Royal Irish Regiment ) and 57th of Foot ( Middlesex Regiment) or click this link Cross Belt Plates |  | |
| British Medals Bars and Clasps |
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This section currently lists all of the WW2 Campaign Stars and all of the available claps that were issed with these medals. Click
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| Latest Updates to Badge Section |
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This lists all changes to the badge section within last calendar month. For a list of changes to British Army cap badges only, including new items and back in stock items click the new additions link . NOTE this does not include changes to glengarry, helmet plate or overseas badges. |
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| Metal Signs , Key Rings and Magnets |
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A selection of metal signs , fridge magnets and key rings with a period theme | |
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