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Old 15-12-20, 02:06 PM
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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 sphin􏰅x.

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.

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Old 15-12-20, 02:57 PM
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Always strikes me as funny how they (the Rifles) all flatten it anyway
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Old 15-12-20, 04:20 PM
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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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Old 15-12-20, 04:33 PM
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Always strikes me as funny how they (the Rifles) all flatten it anyway
Exactly! There's bound to be a prize if anyone finds a cap not pancaked.
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Old 15-12-20, 04:39 PM
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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.
Thanks Mike. It's silver plated rather than HM. I did check in case my bargain turned out to be the bargain of the century...

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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Old 15-12-20, 05:27 PM
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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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Old 15-12-20, 05:44 PM
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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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