General Staff General Staff Cap Badge (General Officer)
Gold-embroidered General Officer cap badge with the Royal Crest above a crossed silver sword and gold baton within a laurel wreath.
Description
Gold-embroidered General Officer cap badge with the Royal Crest above a crossed silver sword and gold baton within a laurel wreath.
Specification
Gender
Male & Female
Design
The General Officer cap badge is the Royal Crest above crossed sword and baton within a laurel wreath, in gold embroidery with the sword blade in silver.
Variant Identity
The source distinguishes the General Officer specification within General Staff Cap Badges.
Source Evidence
The cited source passage identifies Cap Badges — General Officer as the cap badge article in 04.385. No. 8 (Combat) Dress: When a General Officer is wearing combat dress with rank on a.
The cited source passage identifies Cap Badges — General Officer as the cap badge article in HONORARY APPOINTMENTS.
The cited regulation directly identifies this article in its cap badge prescription.
Placement
Standard cap-badge placement depends on the headdress: about 2 cm above the beret band towards the left eye; on the left of Kilmarnock, Balmoral and Tam O'Shanter bonnets about 3.6 cm above the band; towards the left eye on a caubeen except the Irish Guards' reversed right-eye placement; centred on the front band of forage and Service Dress caps; and at the front or side of felt hats.
Fastening
Cap badges normally use a standard single vertical hook-shank fastener; exceptionally large badges may use additional support only where Army Dress Committee authority has been granted.
Related uniforms
Completes
the uniforms
Orders of dress completed by this product for General Staff.
General Staff
Mess Dress - Male
Direct uniform association
General Staff
No. 1 Dress - Female
Direct uniform association
General Staff
No. 1 Dress - Male
Direct uniform association
General Staff
Service Dress - Female
Direct uniform association
General Staff
Service Dress - Male
Direct uniform association