This book is an invaluable 'tool of the trade' for anyone trying to
identify or interpret photos. - Peter Hart, Military Historian This
fascinating and impressively-researched volume will become an
invaluable resource for all on a quest to find out about family
members who served as well as those who have a fascination with the
details of British military history. - Col. Richard Kemp CBE former
military head of COBR and commander British Forces, Afghanistan
Identifying Cap Badges is the book that has been missing from the
bookshelves of family historians, military enthusiasts, and badge
collectors alike. It is quite easy to find an erudite book on
military cap badges, but you could spend hours, if not days,
plodding through hundreds of pictures to find a match for the one
you hold. Sometimes you may not find it at all! These learned badge
collector's books have one major flaw; they are pictured and
discussed in 'order of precedence', that is to say, from the
earliest formed regiments to the latest, with separate sections on
medical, engineers, cavalry, infantry, etc. This can be most
confusing to those uninitiated into the 'dark arts' of military
badges. Thus, if you do not know the name or 'original number' of
your regiment in this order of precedence, you can be flummoxed!
This, combined with all the different crowns, laurels, animals,
mythological beasts and castles, can prove more than a little
daunting, even to ex soldiers themselves! In this book you will
find badges ordered by what is on the badge itself; be it a dragon,
sphinx or castle, horse, lion or tiger. This is badge
identification in minutes, rather than hours, with added
information on dating badges and many comparison photographs
alongside all the pictures of the badges. Added to these pictures
are short histories of the regiments and 'family trees' plotting
the antecedents of today's units.
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