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Old 20-08-14, 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike H View Post
Ive been looking into the blackened badge thing. The following comes from the assistant curator of the tank museum.

The black anodised RTR was manufactured in response to the soldiers painting them black. They were first issued to 3RTR for a tour of NI.
That's kind of what I thought. After 1980 a lot of units issued blackened badges for the same reason. Even in the UDR where we had quite happily worn a gilt finish Maid of Erin we were then told to wear blackened ones as other ex UDR guys on this site will confirm.
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