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Brigadier cap
To continue with good news/bad news about my collection, here is a Brigadier peaked cap. I am waiting anxiously for your comments.
Regards Laurent |
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Fine original post 1953 cap made by Moss Bros.
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Regards, Jerry |
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There's recently been a crackdown on the wearing of "Regimental distinctions" by senior officers. Apparently they're all supposed to wear this rather than "Regimental Headdress". I guess some senior chap is jealous of SAS/Para types because he failed selection then!
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That senior chap is CGS.
In fact ex-Para Regt Generals still retain their maroon berets whilst all others have adopted the blue beret/cap of the GS. All GS, however wear the GS mess kit, cap badge, GS TRF and GS blue stable belt. |
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I can hear the orders now:
Monty - take the black beret off immediately and what is that RTR capbadge doing on it too? (He had a para beret with 2 cap badges on it too. It used to be in long-gone Airborne Forces Museum in Aldershot) De La Billiere - exchange your SAS beret for Cap GS now.... It's never going to work I tell you. Unless the guidance has changed very recently a Para Brigadier was told he was no longer allowed to wear his maroon beret. Ian H |
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But what about the really important stuff - will a RRF chap be able to wear a hackle?
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I am sure you are right but James Bashall was on TV quite recently with a maroon beret. He was wearing the GS TRF and stable belt. Alan |
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Colonel/Brigadier ex-RSDG
A service dress cap for a former Royal Scots Dragoon Guards officer, with regimental side buttons, and the unique black crown piping.
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Lack of red crown piping indicates an officer ex a non-royal regiment?
I have a similar cap to the one shown in post no. 1 with no red crown piping but with silver on gilt R. SIgs buttons and with removable red band. |
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F M Montgomery Bush Hat
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Jo © IWM (E 19699) ❡...I wonder, what happened to this hat...
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That is such a brilliant picture. I hope it is still around somewhere.
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I suspect there's more than one around......
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There was one in the Australian War Memorial Museum about twenty years ago. Don't know if that's its home or whether it ws on loan.
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