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Postwarden

24-01-20 05:05 PM

Royal Armoured Corps - But what's the badge?

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Taken from a 1943 group photo of the staff of the RAC OCTU at Sandhurst this Warrant Officer is wearing the RAC black beret but unless I am going senile I do not recognise his cap badge.

Clearly a dragon but the scrolls do not conform to the normal badge of the Buffs which was known to have been worn by 141 RAC converted from the regiment's 7th Bn.

Help!

Jon

oc14	24-01-20 05:10 PM

If i'm not mistaken it's an officers collar badge

PL

54Bty

24-01-20 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by oc14 (Post 498233)

If i'm not mistaken it's an officers collar badge

PL

After looking it up I would say you are correct.:)

Marc

grey_green_acorn

24-01-20 05:49 PM

Buffs OSD collar badge polished to bare metal Churchill Fig 93.

Tim

Alan O

24-01-20 06:18 PM

Great photo and a nice example of a WO wearing items outside the normal dress regulations.

leigh kitchen

25-01-20 08:57 AM

Is there the likelihood that the badge could be "silvered" or chromed rather than polished down to brass?

grey_green_acorn

25-01-20 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by leigh kitchen (Post 498297)

Is there the likelihood that the badge could be "silvered" or chromed rather than polished down to brass?

Yes could well be silvered or chromed. I was following the Churchill descriptor that Fig 93 OSD browned collar badges were often "polished to bare metal".

Tim

rac1944

25-01-20 10:07 AM

Leigh,

I'd say you've got something there, the cap badges were 'silvered' it seems sometime in 1942 or 1943 so adding a WO's 'special' would fall in line with that.

John

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