Mike,

Thanks for your reply.

The main reason I ask this question is because of a photograph taken at the time of the amalgamation in 1959, at Britannia Barracks, Norwich, during the closing service of the The Royal Norfolk Regiment (see thumbnail):

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In the photo (from Tim Carew's 'The Royal Norfolk Regiment') the Lance Corporal (on the left) is wearing a right-facing viking, on his right arm, and to the best of my knowledge (which is not saying much) only the blue badge was worn at this time by men stationed at the barracks, though I may have this wrong.

The man pictured is a family friend, and I shall, in due course, endeavour to ask him about this badge, but until I am able to do so, I am wondering whether or not the badge he is wearing may in fact have been red, but as mentioned above, I am under the impression that only the blue version was worn by men stationed here.

Peter.