Netherlands Netherlands cap badge

[Hugh]

I got this badge in Amsterdam in the early '60's. It's my recollection that it is for a Dutch cavalry regiment. Can someone tell me more?

Thanks,

Hugh

[HenkWillem]

It is the badge that belongs to the "Regiment Huzaren Prins Alexander"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regiment_Huzaren_Prins_Alexander

Or are the sides not red but orange? If they are orange, it is a badge from the "Regiment Huzaren Prins van Oranje"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regiment_Huzaren_Prins_van_Oranje

[Hugh]

It is the badge that belongs to the "Regiment Huzaren Prins Alexander"

http://en.wikipedia....Prins_Alexander

Or are the sides not red but orange? If they are orange, it is a badge from the "Regiment Huzaren Prins van Oranje"

http://en.wikipedia....rins_van_Oranje

Thank you, Henk. This forum continues to amaze me - there's always an answer here.

The piping on the sides of mine is red; therefore Prins Alexander. How did the two regiments come to adopt the same badge with this minor differentiation?

Thanks again,

Hugh

[speedytop]

Hi Hugh,

"How did the two regiments come to adopt the same badge with this minor differentiation?"

You can find four regiments with this beret emblem:

Huzaren Prins Alexander

Huzaren van Boreel

Huzaren van Prins van Oranje

Huzaren van Sytzama

They are all hussar regiments (there are only 4), and I think, that they all have shared historical roots, with different coloured uniforms (red, green, orange and white or grey?).

Uwe

[Hugh]

Hi Hugh,

"How did the two regiments come to adopt the same badge with this minor differentiation?"

You can find four regiments with this beret emblem:

Huzaren Prins Alexander

Huzaren van Boreel

Huzaren van Prins van Oranje

Huzaren van Sytzama

They are all hussar regiments (there are only 4), and I think, that they all have shared historical roots, with different coloured uniforms (red, green, orange and white or grey?).

Uwe

Thanks, Uwe. Sounds a bit like the 1st Battalion / 2nd battalion tradition of some of the British regiments. As amalgamation took place, independent regiments were squeezed into a single formation.

Hugh

[GRA]

Hello Hugh!

Huzaren Prins Alexander - red trimming left-right

Huzaren van Boreel - dark blue trimming, recce units with swallow tail cut and the trimming top-bottom

Huzaren van Prins van Oranje - orange trimming left-right

Huzaren van Sytzama - white trimming left-right

All have the same beret badge / collar badge, but different regimental trimming (collar badges are trimmed all around).

/Jonas