Reconnaissance Corps Cap Badge

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Reconnaissance corps cap badge.

With the end of the war this number of reconnaissance units was not needed and the reconnaissance corps was disbanded in august 1946. This is a reconnaissance corps military regiment cap badge. The basic design without the scroll was the work of trooper george jones of 56 recce. The 43rd wessex reconnaissance regiment the gloucestershire regiment 43 recce was a regiment of the british army s reconnaissance corps itself part of the royal armoured corps during world war ii it fought in north west europe with the 21st army group in 1944 1945.

It was formed from infantry brigade reconnaissance groups on 14 january 1941. Throughout most of its existence the regiment was part of the 43rd wessex infantry division. Reconnaissance corps brown plastic bakelite plastic cap badge kk 2201. This is an original ww2 reconnaissance corps cap badge for sale.

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The brass cap badge shown here features a spear flanked by two flashes of lighting the scroll underneath reads reconnaissance corps. The corps became part of the royal armoured corps rac in 1944 still maintaining its own cap badge with two lightning strikes supporting an upright spear. Badge on the left is all brass reconnaissance corps. Reconnaissance corps cap badge.

The reconnaissance corps was raised in 1941 and disbanded in 1946. Badges are in good order but may need a polish. The reconnaissance corps or simply recce corps was a corps of the british army formed during the second world war whose units provided the mobile spearhead of infantry divisions. Excellent selection of cap badges for the reconnaissance corps.

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