The Royal Welsh Royal Welsh Other Ranks Gilt-and-Silver Cap and Beret Badge
Soldier metal badge specification for Royal Welsh Cap and Beret Badge.
Description
Soldier metal badge specification for Royal Welsh Cap and Beret Badge.
Specification
Gender
Male & Female
Design
The combat cap badge is the Badge of the Heir Apparent, commonly described as the Prince of Wales's feathers.
Construction
NCOs and soldiers wear a silver-anodised combat badge on green felt extending five millimetres beyond its edge.
Identifier
The catalogue identifies the soldiers' gilding-metal cap badge with gilt and silver finish as NSN 8455-99-581-5820.
Variant Identity
The source distinguishes the Soldier metal badge specification within Royal Welsh Cap and Beret Badge.
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.