1980s/1990s Officer's Cap Badges - Advice Please

[Paddy]

Hello All

I have been picking up officer's cap badges for the past few years with the intention of completing a full set of Cavalry/Infantry/Corps badges as they stood in the late 1980s/early 1990s (pre Options for Change). I am mainly collecting the silver & gilt dress cap badges (Forage Cap) but realise a few regiments wore bullion badges in this era. I have the majority but have a few queries over the ones for the regiments I am still looking for so could anyone please advise me on my questions below.

Life Guards & Blues & Royals - Did officers of these 2 units wear the Gilt & Enamel badge pictured below (K&K 1884)?

Royal Horse Artillery - Did officers wear a gilt version of K&K 1934?

16th/5th QRL - Did officer's wear a full size silver & gilt version of K&K 1911 or just a S&G smaller version as per K&K 1910?

Military Provost Staff Corps - Did officer's wear a gilt version of the standard cap badge? (K&K 2143)

RMA Sandhurst - Did the staff wear the cap badge of their parent unit?

Royal Armoured Corps - Was there a silvered version of the mailed fist badge or did officers wear the badge of their parent unit?

Am I right in thinking that the Welsh Guards, Grenadier Guards, Gloucestershire Regiment & Royal Welch Fusiliers all wore bullion badges?

Many thanks in advance

Paddy

[Alan O]

[QUOTE=Paddy;288898]Hello All

Paddy

RMAS Officers and Staff all wore parent unit badges. The Academy RSM may have been the exception.

RAC Junior Leaders regt Officers all wore parent unit badges. However cadet force officers wore RAC cap badges. Bournemouth School CCF wore the RAC badge as they were affiliated to Bovington RAC centre.

[Paddy]

Alan

Many thanks, any ideas what the RSM of RMA may have worn as I have a silvered version of the standard cap badge, slidered and stamped JR Gaunt London.

Paddy

[Alan O]

I think he wore a bullion version of that badge on a No1 dress hat. Can't remember ever seeing him in a beret as he was always in Barrack dress or Blues.

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/...5-_594080a.jpg

[oc14]

RHA officers wear a standard RA cap badge on both khaki and No1 dress hats, as far as I know the cypher is only worn on the beret

PL

[Eddie Parks]

And sidehat. Both is gilt wire and coloured silk. Eddie

[Paddy]

Alan - Many thanks again

PL & Eddie - Happy that they wear a standard RA cap badge today, was this also the case in the late 80s / early 90s

Paddy

[engr9266]

Here is the RMAS RSM bullion badge

[Alan O]

I would expect that to be on his beret as well.

Could yours be a RMAS band badge or a 1960s OCdts?

[Eddie Parks]

In 1966 the RMAS Cap Badge was AA. Eddie