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Originally Posted by Anjoucollector
I have this beret of the Gloucestershire Regiment with cap badge and back badge. Is the cap badge usually worn on a green square backing ? The "Badge Backings & Special Embelishments of the British Army" book doesn't make mention of it. Thank you
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The green patch is of the shade used by the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (known as Lincoln Green) and not correct for the 'Glosters'. I think that a dealer has placed Glosters insignia on the WFR beret because the famous 'back badge' makes it more appealing to collectors. The Glosters did not wear a coloured patch on their beret.