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Originally Posted by Kyle
I am aware that officers of the Royal Irish Rifles wore bronze collar badges during the First World War, but was wondering whether a bronze cap badge was also produced for service dress?
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Kyle, as has been mentioned by others the insignia worn in OSD (peaked cap and jacket) was almost invariably the cord boss with bronzed collar badges . Any deviation I have seen from this was an individual, one-off practice.
This was contrary to initial regulations (as outlined in the 1904 & 1911 editions) which authorized the cord boss for the forage cap but for the service dress cap the authorized badge was "as for the puggaree badge but smaller" (1904 - see attached image) By 1911 the DRs state "as for the busby but smaller" which is a little confusing as the busby has two badges authorized the Harp and Crown in black metal and below the cord boss.
Collar badges with the Maid facing inwards almost always
. I have not seen any evidence of the "puggaree badge but smaller" ever being used in OSD.
The online IWM photo archive is a wonderful resource to search,
John