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Old 24-03-23, 03:30 PM
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Default Glosters/Rifles back badge.
Is this the rifles back badge. It has been chromed and has a Firmin and Sons logo. Also is it an officer's as it has officer style tangs,
Any info gratefully received.
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Old 24-03-23, 04:01 PM
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Standard issue all ranks Rifles "Back Badge"

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Old 24-03-23, 05:16 PM
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The blades are designed so that the badge fits to the black hat band but doesnt actually pierce the rear of the cap .
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Old 24-03-23, 05:17 PM
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and not worn on the beret?

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Old 24-03-23, 08:04 PM
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Thanks for the information chaps.

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Old 24-03-23, 10:48 PM
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and not worn on the beret?

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Worn on the beret by Gloucestershire ACF Detachments affiliated to The Rifles…

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Old 24-03-23, 11:47 PM
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Dress guidance states that it can be worn by ACF cadets in Berkshire and Wiltshire as well as Gloucestershire ACF.
As for adult soldiers companies in 6 and 7 Rifles that were RGBWLI formerly..
Document dated 2016.
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Thanks Paul and Mike, I thought I had read that ACF wore it. Strange that the Regular Rifles don't wear a back badge on the beret.

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The Regulars derive from many battalions such as the D&D and LI and have no affinity with the Glosters. The ACF kept the badge on the beret against the wishes of many who wanted to keep the Rifles as a brand without such things.
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The Regulars derive from many battalions such as the D&D and LI and have no affinity with the Glosters. The ACF kept the badge on the beret against the wishes of many who wanted to keep the Rifles as a brand without such things.
Yet the regulars (and all RIFLES battalions) do wear the back badge on the cap? Consistent with the “golden threads”?

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My example in firmin bag - 'F&S' on rear for Firmin & Sons'
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Yet the regulars (and all RIFLES battalions) do wear the back badge on the cap? Consistent with the “golden threads”?

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But not on the beret and that's the difference.

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