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10-01-21, 09:19 PM
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Fs cap in green rifle colour
Hello! I have this FS cap in green rifle colour but without black braid on top...it is in very poor condition, but I would like to know wich regiment belongs to...I was told King's Royal Rifle Corps or maybe Rifle Brigade...what do you think?...It would be possible to know what era belongs to? Thank you!
20210110_220009.jpg 20210110_220109.jpg 20210110_220040.jpg Last edited by Trubia26; 13-01-21 at 07:56 PM. 
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11-01-21, 11:57 AM
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Buttons
From the buttons which are Rifle Brigade I would say dates from 1902 to 1953 and may have been worn later.
Rob
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11-01-21, 12:58 PM
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Rifles
There were to Rifle Regiments. The Kings Royal Rifle Corps which wore green with red piping and the Rifle Brigade which wore green with black piping. There were volunteer Rifle units which also had similar colourings.
Colin
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#6
11-01-21, 03:24 PM
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Well...this cap don't have any piping...not red, not black...I would like to find a badge to complete the cap (even in this poor condition)...but I don't know what volunteers wore this cap...and I still have questions...in the book "Regimental badges and service caps" you can see that the only green cap with black buttons is the Queen Victoria Rifles, King Royal Rifle Corps, and you can see it with black piping...and other like Rifle Brigade wear gilding buttons...I don't know if is a mistake and brigades wear black buttons...or Artist rifles and some other regiments you can see in green colour in that book...that is why I need to know in your opinion wich badge or badges are the correct one for this cap...
https://gmic.co.uk/topic/40929-34-re...e-caps34-1941/
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#7
11-01-21, 04:26 PM
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#8
11-01-21, 10:47 PM
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Well it could be just one of the Light Infantry Regiments if it has no piping. There was not a lot of difference, if any, in the green peaked caps of the Rifles and Light Infantry and so it is probably true about the side caps as well.
Colin
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#9
13-01-21, 09:31 PM
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Hello Trubia26,
You might be interested in a recent blog article I wrote. See; https://arnhemjim.blogspot.com/2020/...d-service.html Hopefully that may prove of some assistance. Best regards and Stay Safe, Arnhem Jim aka Arnhemjim Arizona Territory
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#10
13-01-21, 10:28 PM
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Thanks for your help! Your article show the book I was talking about...but the problem is that my fs cap is not there...mine has no braid as D Cornwall...but D Cornwall has gilder buttons., and mine has black... QVR, Kings Royal Corps has black buttons (as mine!) but has black braid (mine not)...so...
By the way...congratulations for your blog...was one of the first sites I frecuented when I started to learn about british badges!!!...and I still do!
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#11
14-01-21, 12:54 PM
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This is an OR's cap for the DLI.
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14-01-21, 04:06 PM
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Just because it does not have black braid does not mean anything. Units did change items occasionally and different Regts and Battalions had different traditions and ways of doing things. It could be all sorts of things but because it has blackened buttons (if they are original to the cap) would mean its RB or a Volunteer rifle unit. It can also just be a tailors way of doing things, units did have Regt tailors.
Colin
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