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Originally Posted by billy
Comes in Brass and White metal, with lugs as you have shown and also thin wire fixings (crap), have both badges and probably with wire fixings also, I have a reference book but can sort them out tomorrow if required?
Never seen that fitment to the rear you have shown, new to me!
All the best billy
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Belgian badges are normally gold for officers, silver for NCOs and brass for ORs. The ‘winged dagger’ badge was inherited from the Belgian 5 SAS Regiment raised in the UK during WW2 and was worn by the 1st Parachute Battalion of the Para Commando Regiment from WW2 until it was disbanded in about 2010. A cloth Winged Dagger is now worn by the Belgian Special Forces Group on a maroon beret.
The lugs are a sign of older badges, later replaced with fragile bendable prongs. Modern Belgian badges have clutch pins.