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Hi All,

Does anyone know when the practice of blackening cap badges started?

I know it was done by units in Northern Ireland but was that the start?

The reason I ask is because I have recently seen a WW2 era brass cap badge with what appears to be the remenants of something to blacken it, could that have been period correct, did soldiers blacken their cap badges during WW2?

Thanks a lot,

Michael