1st Royal New South Wales Lancers shoulder title - British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum

slick_mick · #1 10-12-23, 03:20 AM

Here's something that is incredibly rare.

An 1st Royal New South Wales Lancers shoulder title on a Major's rank slide.

These were only worn 1949/1950 before the regiment received its official issue yellow/red titles.

Mick

lettman · #2 10-12-23, 06:01 AM

Very nice! I like the way the unit tried to maintain the original colour patch combination of light blue and white in the title. I wonder if any other regiment made the same effort before receiving the generic red on yellow bordered titles.

slick_mick · #3 11-12-23, 02:59 AM

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Originally Posted by lettman

Very nice! I like the way the unit tried to maintain the original colour patch combination of light blue and white in the title. I wonder if any other regiment made the same effort before receiving the generic red on yellow bordered titles.

I don't believe any other units did this.

During this same time, they also wore a chrome rising sun badge on their black berets.

However some officers and senior NCOS did wore a 1930s collar badge on their berets instead of the larger rising sun badge.

Mick

lettman · #4 11-12-23, 04:02 AM

Thank you. Now to search out another couple of badges. This really is a never-ending hobby!

fairlie63 · #5 11-12-23, 10:40 PM

I do think I posted on the forum previously regarding the efforts by other regiments RAAC to seek different shoulder titles to those eventually authorised.

I think the Victorian elements selected yellow as the brigade colour and the lettering was the regimental colour, while 6 Motor Regt might have been green lettering on red.

I do have a file on the subject and have seen other references recently, will endeavour to dig stuff out but probably not before Xmas.

Keith

slick_mick · #6 12-12-23, 04:12 AM

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Originally Posted by fairlie63

I do think I posted on the forum previously regarding the efforts by other regiments RAAC to seek different shoulder titles to those eventually authorised.

I think the Victorian elements selected yellow as the brigade colour and the lettering was the regimental colour, while 6 Motor Regt might have been green lettering on red.

I do have a file on the subject and have seen other references recently, will endeavour to dig stuff out but probably not before Xmas.

Keith

I'm curious if any were actually were made as apart from the NSW Lancers I've never seen any others.

Mick

fairlie63 · #7 12-12-23, 10:47 PM

Yes, agreed, I don't think they were made.

Keith