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Irish Military Uniform?
Paul L Murphy replied to HugoB268's topic in Great Britain: Militaria: Badges, Uniforms & Equipment
Having seen the picture you emailed to me I am pretty certain that what he is wearing is the uniform of a Commandant (equivalent to Major) in the City of Dublin Regiment of the Irish National Volunteers. They did not use the FF capbadge mentioned by Kevin, their badge was the arms of Dublin in a circle of shamrocks with the unit name on a scroll above. -
Irish Military Uniform?
Paul L Murphy replied to HugoB268's topic in Great Britain: Militaria: Badges, Uniforms & Equipment
Hugo, Send me a high res scan as well. I do not think it is Irish but a close up look at the cap badge and collar and cuff badges will help. Regards, Paul -
This is Fig 11.6 in my book, In the Name of a Living God. It is post 1956, made from aluminum and is the women's version of the Golden Special Members Medal. Difficult to find.
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Another version, SMG this time... Followed by a PT Instructor's badge Followed by two versions of the signaller's badge, the normal No 2 dress type and the version used by the Light Infantry http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_09_2009/post-1487-125217851979.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_09_2009/post-1487-125217853782.jpg Feel free to add more......
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Following on from the thread's on WO rank badges I noticed that there does not appear to be a thread looking at the hugh variety of skill at arms badges and trade badges worn by the British Army so I decided to kick this one off. First up a trade badge for "A Group" trades. This encompassed a number of different trades. This is followed by the B trades badge..... Next up we have the badge worn by an Artificer in the REME. Firstly the badge for No 2 dress. and then the bullion badge for mess dress...
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WO 1 is the rank, RSM is an appointment. All RSMs are WO1s but not all WO1s are RSMs. Normally the badge of rank is the same, the main exception is in the Guards regiments where only an RSM wears the large size badge on the forearm. Guard's WO1s who are not RSMs wear the small WO1 badge on the lower part of the sleeve. Hence that metal badge is both for a non Guards RSM and a WO1. I chose the name of the thread since I thing that the phrase RSM conjures up a more vivid image than the phrase WO1 even though the latter is the correct rank title.
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Now we move to the full dress WO 2 colour badge worn by the different Guards regiments. I do not have them all but here we go on most of them. You will notice that the quality is far higher than you see on most of the badges sold on ebay. From time to time there are originals sold on ebay but a lot of what is listed are Pakistani made copies. First up, two different Coldstream Guards WO 2 badges. The second piece is more recent.
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Next we move to Queen's Crown. First we have the basic badge in anodised metal Followed by this on a black backing. This type is used by a number of the cavalry regiments. The next type is for the Women's Royal Army Corps. The full dress bullion badges come in two basic types, red backed or black backed so here is one of each. http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_09_2009/post-1487-125205868507.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_09_2009/post-1487-125205869932.jpg
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Given the popularity of the thread on RSM badges I thought I would follow up with a thread on WO Class 2 badges. While these are not as impressive as the RSM badges they are still nice and the Guards' badges look very well. So here we go .... First up a few Kings Crown pieces. The first is in brass and would have been worn in shirtsleeve order. Next is a nice full dress bullion example. A bit of wear to the velvet but still a nice badge.