Devon & Dorset

[Loski]

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Hi Guys I have come across the above 2 Devon & Dorset officers embroidered bullion cap/ beret badges one is on a green square backing as per the other ranks badge I remember from the 80s , the other is on a black backing cut in at the sides im not sure what the second badge was used for btw both are the same size just the backings differ can anyone enlighten me.
Thanks in advance
Graham

[leigh kitchen]

The badge embroidered on a green backing was the beret badge, on a black backing the forage cap badge.
I have three Devon & Dorset officer's forage caps, I'm not sure if they have that "shaped backing.

[Loski]

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Thanks Leigh
I picked them in a lot along with a KORB bullion badge, all 3 are new and the KOEB and D&D on green are sealed in the makers bags.
Graham

I'm an ex Gloster and the D&D were in the same Div as us. A good bunch. We actually served side-by-side in Berlin. Nice to see the old badges again. Thanks for sharing.

[leigh kitchen]

Originally Posted by Loski

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Thanks Leigh
I picked them in a lot along with a KORB bullion badge, all 3 are new and the KOEB and D&D on green are sealed in the makers bags.
Graham

Nice to get them still sealed in their bags. There are different patterns of the Devon and Dorset officer's bullion badges, as explained to me here:

https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...t=Devon+Dorset

[49lassiepen]

Loski Think that Have most items to the D &D 4 variations of your square backing shown -see my album [49lassiepen modern items under construction]
David

[leigh kitchen]

The badges on the three Devon & Dorset officer's forage caps that I have, the first is on a GD Golding cap, the second is on a Herbert and Johnson and the third on a cap of unknown manufacture.

[Loski]

Originally Posted by Glosters Cloth

I'm an ex Gloster and the D&D were in the same Div as us. A good bunch. We actually served side-by-side in Berlin. Nice to see the old badges again. Thanks for sharing.

Im ex Royal Hampshire the D&D and the Glosters were in the Prince of Wales Divison with us

[Loski]

Originally Posted by leigh kitchen

The badges on the three Devon & Dorset officer's forage caps that I have, the first is on a GD Golding cap, the second is on a Herbert and Johnson and the third on a cap of unknown manufacture.

Thanks again Leigh seems like mine is a variation of how the forage cap badge backing was cut and the shape is similar to yours in the first and second photos.

[Staffsyeoman]

The D&D officers' embroidered badge I bought for a friend commissioned into the regiment, from Herbert Johnson, was square backed.

[Loski]

Originally Posted by Staffsyeoman

The D&D officers' embroidered badge I bought for a friend commissioned into the regiment, from Herbert Johnson, was square backed.

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The green backed version for wear on the beret is on a square backing.

[Loski]

Originally Posted by Staffsyeoman

The D&D officers' embroidered badge I bought for a friend commissioned into the regiment, from Herbert Johnson, was square backed.

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The green backed version for wear on the beret is on a square backing it just looks black in the photo.

[leigh kitchen]

Yes, the beret badge was square/rectangular, two of the black backed versions I have sewn to forage caps are "shaped", one is square.
"British Army Badges" by Lt Col R Hodges published 2005, shows the green backed as square, the black backed as shaped.

[Stafford Knot]

I recently came across a gilt and silver plated Devon & Dorset officer's metal cap badge (2 lugs). Anyone know when the D&D moved to using bullion wire badges on the forage cap?