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2 Belts
Good evening,
could you help me to identify these belts ? Laurent |
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The red, white and blue one is the Royal Corps of Transport (1965-1993). This one is the first pattern, later ones had chrome-plated clasps.
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I have one of the green stable belts but don't know which unit it's to, I'd be interested to find out too (Royal Irish Rangers, Gurkhas?).
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The Royal Green Jackets.
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An obvious one I forgot to suggest - thanks for that.
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Thank you for your quick reply
Laurent |
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Green stable belt
Could also be II Squadron Honourable Artillery Company - they prefer the smooth finish to the belt, as shown in the photograph, rather than the ribbed version worn by the RGJ/ Rifles.
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The all green one could also be the Rhodesian Defence Regiment (RDR). Very similar - black leather.
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Presumably a fairly recently made example, as it has black plastic buckles with metal tongues?
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Good evening all.
The green belt was worn by the Royal Irish Rangers. The Royal Green Jackets belt was exactly the same but without black leather/plastic covering to the buckles. When I was RGJ attached to 1 R IRISH in 1991, this subtle difference caused confusion and mirth in equal measure. "Why are you wearing 'our' stable belt?" was a typical question and "what's wrong with your stable belt?" being another! For clarity, please note that the RGJ and 1 R IRISH are both smooth without ribbing. The Light Infantry wore a belt per the RGJ but it was ribbed. RIFLES wear this ribbed version today. Both RGJ and RIFLES wore/wear their belt buckles to the front, rather than to the left side. I'll hunt out my RGJ belt and post a pic... Mark |
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PL |
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Just for a bit of fun,The Staffords wore the adjuster at the front and the Carabiniers I think it was had 2 leather strips on the belt which were worn to the front. |
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May be wrong but I think The Lancastrian Brigade wore a stable belt of similar colour to the one in the photo in the original post.
P.B.
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Thanks for this, Paul. Good to know.
Mark |
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