Published works; Commonwealth Military Insignia.

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Published works; Commonwealth Military Insignia.
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Canada			Links^note
Title	Author	Pages & Publisher	AbeBooks	Amazon
Canadian Forces Combat Titles	Alexander, Bill	Service Publications 2007. ISBN: 1894581415	see Service Publications for this title
Canadian Expeditionary Forces Cap Badges 1914-1918	Babin , Lenard L.	thin paperback 15 pages; numerous line drawings Published By Author, Rochester, NY	Abe	Amazon
Canadian Army and Army Cadets Cloth Badges.	Burt, Tim	20 pages Elora On, 1987. (Stapled Card Covers)	Abe
The Charlton Standard Catalogue of First World War Canadian Infantry Badges	Cross W. K.	(try Canadian Amazon for this and the next title)
The Charlton Standard Catalogue of First World War Canadian Corps badges	Cross W. K. & Rosen Al (Eds)	272 pages Charlton Press 1996 ISBN-10: 0889681627 ISBN-13: 978-0889681620
The Badges and Insignia of the Canadian Airborne Forces	Grimshaw, Louis E.	Louis E. Grimshaw, 1981. Staple Bound Soft Cover	Abe
A Source of Pride : Regimental Badges and Titles in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919	Harper, Joseph H	152 pages Service Publications (1999) ISBN-10: 0969984588 ISBN-13: 978-0969984580
A Catalogue of Twentieth Century Canadian Military Cloth and Metal Shoulder Titles (3 volume set approx 1350 pp)	Hampson, William	William Hampson Calgary Alberta.
Distinguishing Patches : Formation Patches of the Canadian Army	Law, Clive	56 pages Service Publications, 1996 try publisher
Canadian Expeditionary Force Military Cap Badges Of World War I.	Martin, Peter and Rosen, Al.	124 pages Alternative Graphics ISBN: 0969158300	Abe	Amazon
Canadian Badges: Caps, Collars & Titles 1920-1950.	Mazeas, Daniel	144 pages Published By Author, Bretagne, France. 1985	Abe
"Overseas" : The Lineages and Insignia of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919	Stewart, Charles H	167 pages Toronto : Little & Stewart, 1970.
Canadian War Service Badges 1914-1945	Surrey, B.C	Johnson Books	Abe
Cap Badges of the Canadian Officer Training Corps. Volume 2.	Thompson R	72 pages Privately published Nova Scotia, , 1972	Abe

Australia (& ANZAC)
Unit Badges of the Royal Australian Air Force	Cluley, Richard J.	188 pages Lutheran Publishing House, Adelaide (1989?) ISBN: 0731676556	Abe	Amazon
Australian Army Badges - Cloth Insignia of the Army in Australia 1860 - 1993 (also earlier editions in 3 parts)	Cossum, J. K.	ISBN 0949530115 ISBN 0949530123 ISBN 0949530131	Abe	Amazon
Anzac Elite, The Airborne & Special Forces Insignia of Australia and New Zealand	Lord, Cliff; & Tennant, Julian	160 pages IPL Books, Wellington New Zealand, 2000	Abe	Amazon
Hat Badges of the Australian Army 1903-1930.	Festberg, Alfred N	144 pages Melbourne: Silverleaf Publishing, 1981	Abe
Distinguishing Colour Patches of the Australian Military Forces 1915 - 1951	Glyde, Keith	245 pages Published bythe author, Claremont Tasmania 1999	Abe	Amazon
Military Badges of the Australian Colonies. 1800-1903	Grebert, Rick	316 pages NSW Military Historical Society Woollahra 2000. (Limited Ed to 500)	Abe	Amazon
The Australian Army Slouch Hat and Rising Sun Badge	Grebert, Rick	140 pages New South Wales Military Historical Society, Mosman, NSW, 2002 ISBN: 0909458235	Abe	Amazon
Rank And Badges In The American And Australian Navy and Army and the R.A.A.F. and Auxiliaries	Anon?	33 pages Offset Printing Co.Pty.Ltd., Waterloo N.S.W 1942 ?	Abe
Elite Unit Insignia of the Vietnam War: An Illustrated Reference Guide for Collectors [With 1987-1988 Updated Price Guide]	Thompson, Leroy	68 pages Arms and Armour, London, 1986 ISBN 0853688958	Abe

New Zealand
The Regimental Badges of New Zealand, (note the revised edition is considerably larger)	Corbett, D.A.	254 pages (or 320 for revised edition) Ray Richards Auckland, 1970 & 1980 ISBN: 0908596057	Abe	Amazon
New Zealand Reinforcement Badges 1914-1918	Lowe, Geoffrey J.	56 pages Published By Author, Auckland, New Zealand, 1987	Abe	Amazon
New Zealand Army Distinguishing Patches 1911-1991 In two parts.	Thomas, Malcolm and Lord, Cliff.	??




South Africa, Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
Border War Badges	Dinnes, Andrew Ross	Border War Badges covers Army, Navy, Air Force, Medics, Cadets and Police of South Africa, South West Africa and the Homelands. The book includes actual photographs of Metal and Cloth Badges, Stable Belt Buckles, Flashes, Buttons and Brassards. All the badges illustrated are to scale and each has an informative write-up giving invaluable details for collectors. ISBN 9780620486439	Available from: www.southafricanmilitaria.com
Badges and Insignia of the Rhodesian Security Forces 1890 - 1980	Arniel, A J; Kaplan, Michael [ed.]	111 pages Alec Kaplan & Son., Germiston, 1987 ISBN: 0620107448	Abe	Amazon
The Military Badges and Insignia of Southern Africa	Owen, Colin R.	Chimperie Agencies, Somerset West, 1990 ( this is a revised edition of "The Military Badges of South Africa and Rhodesia from 1850-1976")	Abe	Amazon
The Military Badges of South Africa and Rhodesia from 1850-1976	Owen, Colin R.	98 pages, Large folio-sized book Chimperie Agencies., Benonu, 1976	Abe	Amazon
Service Before Self: The history, badges and insignia of the security forces of the Rhodesias and Nyasaland 1890-1980	Radford, Mark Philip.	86 pages. M.P. Radford A4 format black and white photographs ISBN 0-952-4472-0-7 1994 (2nd Revised edition, 1996, 238 pp)

India

Historical Records and Iconography of Indian Cavalry Regiments 1750 - 2007 image Limited edition of 500 (now out of stock with publishers)	Ashok Nath	Centre for Armed Forces Historical Research. 2009 New Delhi, India. ISBN 978-81-902097-7-9 828 pages	(Forum Admin has copies @ £127 plus post) 8th Oct 2010
Sons Of John Company. Indian & Pakistan Armies 1903-1991 covers most Indian and Pakistan Regimental Badges.	Written by John Gaylor	Spellmount 1992	Abe	Amazon
Insignia of the 2nd King Edwards VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)	?	1999	try the Gurkha Museum for this series
Insignia of the 3rd Queen Alexander's Own Gurkha Rifles	?	2002
The insignia of the 4th Prince's Own Gurkha Rifles. 1857 to 1947.	?	?
The insignia of the 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles. 1817 to 1994.	?	?
The insignia of the 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles. 1902 to 1994	?	?
The insignia of the 8th Gurkha Rifles. 1824 to 1947	?	57 pages
Insignia of Gurkha Units in India and Burma (Para-military, Military Police, Frontier Force and War-raised Units) up to 1948.	?	?
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The Indian State Forces, Their Lineage and Insignia.	Jaipur, H.H. The Maharaja of	122 pages Leo Cooper, London, England, 1967	Abe
Solah Punjab, The History of the 16th Punjab Regiment. (some info on insignia)	Lawford, MC Lt-Col. J.P. & Catto, Maj. W.E.	302 pages Gale & Polden Ltd., Aldershot, UK, 1967.	Abe
The History of 8th King George V's Own Light Cavalry. (some info on insignia)	Rawlinson, CIE H.G.	142 pages Gale & Polden Ltd , Aldershot, 1948	Abe
History of the 59th Rifles FF, Regimental History of the 6th Royal Battalion, 13th Frontier Force Rifles (Scinde), 1843 - 1923. (some info on insignia)	Anon	146 pages Gale & Polden Ltd., Aldershot, UK, 1926	Abe
History of the Bombay Pioneers. (some info on insignia)	Tugwell, Lt-Col. W B P	439 pages Sidney Press. London & Bedford., 1938	Abe
Regimental History of the 3rd Battalion, The 2nd Punjab Regiment. (some info on insignia)	Wylly, CB Col. H.C.	74 pages Gale & Polden Ltd., Aldershot, UK, 1927	Abe


Other Countries
Jewish Cap Badges: British/Palestine and Israel Defense Forces	Friedman, Alex	63 Pages (English and Hebrew) ??	try here
The Armed Forces of Aden 1839-1967 History of Aden raised units and over 50 badges shown plus a lot of photos of uniforms. 112 pp. Some colour pix.	Cliff Lord and David Birtles	199 pp Helion Publishing.	Abe	Amazon