View Single Post
  #2  
Old 06-01-21, 01:30 PM
manchesters's Avatar
manchesters manchesters is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Lancashire
Posts: 7,591
Default

Soldiers at Gallipoli blackened their cap badges by using burnt rope.
A temporary finish but none the less an early use to prevent glare giving away their presence to the Turks.

regards
__________________
Simon Butterworth

Manchester Regiment Collector
Rank, Prize & Trade Badges
British & Commonwealth Artillery Badges
Reply With Quote