Long before Options for Change, the cypress green beret was adopted in 1977 as the all ranks universal headdress. Initially officers wore the smaller silver plated collar badge, this was replaced by a full-size bullion embroidered badge in the late 1980s.
https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...mid=339&page=2
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