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Originally Posted by hagwalther
Hi Guys,
All the OFFICIAL subdued A/A cap badges were 'painted up'.
The 'factory' ones were either PRI items that were commissioned at regimental/corps level or dealer knock offs.
Regards
Chris
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well some are were official dress.plenty of photos of black Para badges being worn and Devon and Dorset too.Quite probably the regiment paid for them to be blackened at the factory.As other Regt/Sqns pay for their own badges.