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Old 23-06-14, 04:08 PM
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I have a spare copy of the above book printed 1941 If anybody is interested please P.M me

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Following this theme on headress, is there any sort of definitive guide to the various styles and colour of cord boss badges worn by the British Army. It is something I sort of fell into whilst looking at Gurkha badges and seems to be an area with little or no published references that I can find.
I know of the various rifles and light infantry but also that regiments such as Berks, Buffs, Warwicks at some time all had cord bosses.
Any clues?
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didithevan,

The only source in respect of boss badges ( i.e dealing exclusively with this type of badge ) that I know of is a series of articles in the Crown Imperial magazine in March and June 1980 and June 1981 by Irvin L.Mortenson entitled " The Cord Boss as a Head dress Badge "

The articles mention and describe many different examples of cord bosses but cannot be said to deal with all examples of cord boss badges and only a few are actually illustrated.

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Mm, sounds like a potential project for spare time in the future then........
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Here is my example, the badge leaves a clear ghost mark and I believe it to be original to the cap.
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