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RIFLES Officers' Forage Cap
Hello everyone.
Just arrived. RIFLES WO1 & Officers' (2Lt-Capt) Forage Cap. The lace band oak leaf embroidery is elaborate and appears similar to/same as the former RGJ cap. GLOSTERS/RGBW/RGBWLI similar back badge: Gilding metal, silver plated. Sphinx within a wreath with 'EGYPT' under sphinx. RIFLES Badge: Gilding metal, burnished surface, dead silver treatment. Lugs & Cotter pin fitting attachment. Bugle horn w/crown and tassels above. RIFLES dress guidance states: The Rifles cap badge must always be clearly visible. Hats are not to be flattened, shaped, manipulated or the cap badge obscured...but this one is flattened. A bargain for a new example from eBay. £220 on RIFLES Direct but cost just £14.99. Mark |
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Always strikes me as funny how they (the Rifles) all flatten it anyway
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Nice cap Mark,is the cap badge HM silver or plated ?
If you ever see the Light Infantry issues of the Regiment magazine there are some absolute pancakes on show. Theres one you can bearly see the badge at all. |
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Exactly! There's bound to be a prize if anyone finds a cap not pancaked.
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As Restrikes-ok above mentioned the guys all wearing flattened types, I've been looking at antecedents to see how this crept in. I knew it wasn't RGJ, so thank you for confirming. I've just seen the Regiment magazine pics - some Gurkha officers also wore a flatter style. |
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Prob off base, but i always suspected it was Rifles and their antecedents favoring a cavalry style
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Heres my example, the back badge is also present. Ebay I think for about the same money (£15).
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very nice cap and very much a bargain
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Regards, Jerry |
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