When the 2nd Bn was raised in WWII they where issued the lugged badges. The 2nd Bn where a tank battalion and served in 6th Guards Armoured. The 1st & 3rd Bn where both issued with sliders. The usual theory is that the 2nd Bn where issued with lugged badges because they where in tanks and a lugged badge was more secure. The truth is no one knows for sure, but a lugged badge would be difficult to fit on a Welsh Guards forage cap.
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