Military cap badge

Date Added: 24 April 2008 Year Range: 1914 - 1945 Institution Name: dnhhl Cat No: ◀ | 2004_231 | ▶ Picture No: 1462

Army cap badge bearing the royal crest.

Dimensions: Width 48mm

1 Comment

This is the General Service cap badge. In 1917 men who were no longer fit for front line service were put to the Labour Corps and wore this badge. In 1918 the corps got its own badge, which was to continue to be used by the Pioneer Corps in the Second World War.
Although this is the most likely reason the wearer got the badge, it is by no means certain, as the badge was used for other purposes.
Comment left on 14 April 2012 at 21:13 by Gus Mackay Many thanks for your informative comment. Administrator

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