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Portrait of Loyals Territorial Officer.
Interesting photo on famous auction website showing Territorial “T” being worn above the collar badge, can’t remember seeing them being worn in that position before.
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I've never seen that positioning of the "T" before in a photograph.
There wouldn't be room fit it under the badge - any chance this officer is a regular who's now TF and has managed to wear this arrangement rather than reposition the collar badge or purchase a new tunic? I would imagine the higher his rank the more likely the badge arrangement being tolerated? |
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Leigh, I seem to recall Ray Westlake in a book or article on Territorial shoulder titles saying Territorial other ranks didn’t like being identified as such and so removed the top “T” from their titles, not sure how officers would have felt, but I would assume they would have been happy to be identified as Territorials. Notwithstanding all that, I have never seen a picture with the “T” in that position either.
Peter
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Is it the case that the Ts under collar badges were initially worn at the point of the longer collar of the closed collar Service Dress tunic. When the open collar tunic (worn with collar and tie) was introduced the stepped collar style left even less space for the T to sit below the larger regimental collar badges?
Tim
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Tim, it was was certainly a squeeze with the closed collar.
Peter
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