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Soldiers’ headwear has always featured some form of insignia demonstrating regimental identity. Here we take a look at some common features of these badge designs, investigating the origins and meaning behind their words and symbols.
- Regimental Medals
Regimental medals. Before campaign medals, ... By the end of...
- Seaforth Highlanders
Seaforth Highlanders - Regimental badges - National Army...
- Royal Engineers
Royal Engineers - Regimental badges - National Army Museum
- Irish Guards
During the 1970s and 1980s, it was regularly part of the...
- Royal Pioneer Corps
Origins. The British Army frequently raised pioneer units to...
- Luck and Superstition
Escape from no-man’s land. On 22 December 1914, in the early...
- Regimental Medals
In the British Army, all battallions of the Guards and of Line Regiments carry two colours. With the former the King's Colour is crimson, the Regimental Colour being the Union Jack, and all the Battle honours are placed on each colour.
21 gru 2018 · Regimental distinctive insignia (RDI) of a design approved by the Institute of Heraldry, U.S. Army, are authorized and prescribed for wear by all soldiers affiliated with a regiment or whole-corps regiment, as described in AR 600-82 and NGR 600-82.
Badges of the United States Army are military decorations issued by the United States Department of the Army to soldiers who achieve a variety of qualifications and accomplishments while serving on active and reserve duty in the United States Army.
Badges. Soldiers wear a badge on their uniform headdress as a way of distinguishing their regimental identity. It is a form of heraldry and many badges symbolise things that are important to a regiment or corps. These include links to a sovereign or royal dynasty, places it has fought, its town or county origins, or a famous battle honour.
A distinctive unit insignia (DUI) is a metallic heraldic badge or device worn by soldiers in the United States Army. The DUI design is derived from the coat of arms authorized for a unit. DUIs may also be called "distinctive insignia" (DI) or, imprecisely, a " crest " or a "unit crest" by soldiers or collectors.
27 lip 2022 · Regimental distinctive insignia (RDI) of a design approved by the Institute of Heraldry, U.S. Army, are authorized and prescribed for wear by all soldiers affiliated with a regiment or whole-corps regiment, as described in AR 600–82 and NGR 600–82.
