The beast is the Berkshire Regiment's Chinese dragon. I always found the DERR's cap badge one of the least inspiring cap badges. When the Brigade system broke up in 1968 the regiment (like some other regiments who had been amalgamated since 1958 and did not have a pre 1958 badge to revert to) initially used their collar badge as a cap badge. Unlike the other regiments, the DERR decoded to keep the collar design and wore it on the red inverted triangle from their Berkshire's heritage.
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