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Regimental Embellishments
Badge Backings, Feather Plumes and Horse-Hair Hackles

Many military units wear coloured backings behind their cap badges - mainly on berets.  Most Scottish units wear tartan patches on Tam o'Shanters.
Plumes are made of horse-hair and used on Bearskin caps and Busby hats.  Hackles are made from coloured feathers and worn behind the cap badge. 

Not only do these improve the display of a collection, the embellishments are collectable items in their own right, as many are linked to events in the history of the unit.  Most backings are hard to obtain as the felts and tartans are made from top quality military-specification materials, not normally available from retail shops.

A superb book on this subject is -

Badge Backings and Special Embellishments of the British Army. ISBN 0951434209: published in 1992 by the UDR Benevolent Fund.
A superb unique reference work - the only book on this subject. Many pictures and information direct from the regiments concerned.
Badge Backings and Special Embellishments of the British Army 


Prices are in British Pounds Sterling and you may order online or order by mail.

With effect from 1 June 2007, there will be a minimum charge of £1.50 postage and packing for all orders. If Royal Mail costs exceed this amount, then the charge will be cost-price, i.e. the price of the stamps. click here for postage costs.

The first 6 figures of each line is our Stock Serial Number - use this when ordering.   Where applicable, the next set of figures is a reference to standard insignia reference books.


Miscellaneous

Cavalry / Yeomanry Shoulder Chain Mail - Used With B1O960 (Single) Cavalry / Yeomanry Shoulder Chain Mail - Used With Holes For Rank Etc Steel £15.00

Royal Welch Fusiliers Flash (5 Black 7 Inch Ribbons B1C018 Other Ranks Royal Welch Fusiliers Flash (5 Black 7 Inch Ribbons For Back Of Collar) Braid £8.00

Royal Welch Fusiliers Flash (5 Black 9 Inch Ribbons B1F835 Officers Royal Welch Fusiliers Flash (5 Black 9 Inch Ribbons For Back Of Collar) Braid £10.00

Cap Badge Backings

10th PMO Gurkha Rifles (75mm Square Worn On Felt Hat E1L717 10th PMO Gurkha Rifles (75mm Square Worn On Felt Hat Hunting Stewart Tartan £4.00

15th/19th King's Royal Hussars E1N277 15th/19th King's Royal Hussars Red Badge-Shape Felt £3.00

2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles E1D681 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles Badge-Shaped - Red Felt £3.00

Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (75mm Square) E1J976 Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (75mm Square) Government Tartan 1A Tartan £4.00

Army Air Corps Beret Badge Backing E1K049 Bosnia Army Air Corps Beret Badge Backing Blue-Black 50mm Sq Felt £3.00

Cameron Highlanders Or QO Highlanders Or 7th Gurkhas E1C170 Cameron Highlanders Or QO Highlanders Or 7th Gurkhas Tartan £4.00

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (75mm Square) E1J978 Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (75mm Square) Douglas Tartan Tartan £4.00

Duke Of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment E1L896 Duke Of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment Small Red Triangle Felt £3.00

Duke Of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) E1C023 Duke Of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) Red Rounded Triangle Felt £3.00

Edinburgh & Heriot-Watt Universities OTC E1J996 Edinburgh & Heriot-Watt Universities OTC Hunting Stewart Tartan £4.00

Glasgow & Strathclyde Universities OTC (75mm Square) E1J994 Glasgow & Strathclyde Universities OTC (75mm Square) Mackenzie (vertical) Tartan £4.00

Gordon Highlanders Or The Highlanders (75mm Square) E1C542 Gordon Highlanders Or The Highlanders (75mm Square) Gordon Tartan Tartan £4.00

Green Howards Beret Badge Backing E1K047 Bosnia Green Howards Beret Badge Backing Dark Green 50mm Sq. Felt £3.00

Guards & Household Cavalry Badge Backing (2 E1C020 Guards & Household Cavalry Badge Backing (2" X 2½") Blue/Maroon/Blue Ribbon £3.00

Highland Light Infantry / R Highland Fus (75mm Sq) E1J977 Highland Light Infantry / R Highland Fus (75mm Sq) Mackenzie (Vertical) Tartan £4.00

King's Own Royal Border Regiment E1J964 King's Own Royal Border Regiment Red Diamond Felt £3.00

King's Own Scottish Borderers (75mm Square) E1C547 King's Own Scottish Borderers (75mm Square) Leslie Tartan Tartan £4.00

King's Regiment Beret Badge Backing E1C544 King's Regiment Beret Badge Backing 45mm Red Square Felt £3.00

King's Regiment Other Ranks Side-Hat Badge Backing E1K069 King's Regiment Other Ranks Side-Hat Badge Backing Dark Green Disc Felt £3.00

Liverpool University Officers Training Corps E1J998 Liverpool University Officers Training Corps 45mm Red Square Felt £3.00

Manchester & Salford Universities OTC E1J997 Manchester & Salford Universities OTC 45mm Red Square Felt £3.00

Officer Cadet - Circular White Disc E1I941 Officer Cadet - Circular White Disc 65mm Diameter Plastic £3.00

Parachute Regiment - 15th Battalion (57mm Diamond) E1C693 Parachute Regiment - 15th Battalion (57mm Diamond) Hunting Stewart Tartan £4.00

Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps E1F766 Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps Scarlet Tear-Drop Felt £3.00

Queen's Lancashire Regiment Beret Badge Backing E1N192 New in 2003 Queen's Lancashire Regiment Beret Badge Backing Primrose Diamond Foam £3.00

Queen's Lancashire Regiment Beret Badge Backing E1C416 Bosnia Queen's Lancashire Regiment Beret Badge Backing Yellow Diamond Plastic £3.00

Queen's Royal Lancers E1N275 Queen's Royal Lancers Red Badge-Shape Felt £3.00

Royal Army Medical Corps Beret Badge Backing E1C022 Royal Army Medical Corps Beret Badge Backing Dull Cherry Oval Felt £3.00

Royal Dragoon Guards For Officers & WO's Beret E1O796 Royal Dragoon Guards For Officers & WO's Beret Small Maroon Diamond Felt £3.00

Royal Gloucestershire Berkshire & Wiltshire Regiment E1I122 Bosnia Royal Gloucestershire Berkshire & Wiltshire Regiment Large Red Triangle Felt £3.00

Royal Gurkha Rifles (57mm Square Worn On Felt Hat) E1I523 Royal Gurkha Rifles (57mm Square Worn On Felt Hat) Hunting Stewart Tartan £4.00

Royal Marines Recruits E1G871 Royal Marines Recruits Red Tombstone Felt £3.00

Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) - Hunting Stewart E1C546 Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) - Hunting Stewart 75mm Square Tartan £4.00

Royal Scots Fusiliers (Pre-1948 - 75mm Square) E1J975 Royal Scots Fusiliers (Pre-1948 - 75mm Square) Government Tartan 1 Tartan £4.00

Scots Guards Officers Beret Badge Backing (2 E1O381 Scots Guards Officers Beret Badge Backing (2" X 2½") Royal Stuart Tartan Ribbon £4.00

Staffordshire Regiment E1I236 Staffordshire Regiment Current Type Hessian £3.00

Tayforth Universities Officers Training Corps E1J995 Tayforth Universities Officers Training Corps Hunting Stewart Tartan £4.00

Worcestershire & Sherwood Foresters E1G038 Bosnia Worcestershire & Sherwood Foresters Lincoln Green Felt £3.00

Feather Hackles and Horse-hair Plumes

Brown/Red/Green Hackle: Royal Tank Regiment Band V1C769 Brown/Red/Green Hackle: Royal Tank Regiment Band 3-Colour - Flat Feather £10.00

Coldstream Guards Red Cut-Feather Bearskin Plume V1L096 Coldstream Guards Red Cut-Feather Bearskin Plume SNCOs & Band - Large Feather £25.00

Green Hackle: Royal Irish Rangers / Fusiliers V1C270 Green Hackle: Royal Irish Rangers / Fusiliers Feather £4.00

Irish Guards Blue Horse-Hair Bearskin Plume V1I432 Irish Guards Blue Horse-Hair Bearskin Plume Other Ranks £18.00

Irish Guards Pipers Blue Feather Hackle V1P617 Irish Guards Pipers Blue Feather Hackle Other Ranks Feather £10.00

Lancashire Fusiliers Yellow Horsehair Plume For V1P523 Lancashire Fusiliers Yellow Horsehair Plume For Fusilier Bearskin £20.00

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