Reconnaissance Corps Cap Badge

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.

Reconnaissance corps cap badge.

This is a reconnaissance corps military regiment cap badge. Throughout most of its existence the regiment was part of the 43rd wessex infantry division. Badge second from left is white metal reconnaissance corps scottish division 3rd badge along is officers bronze reconnaissance corps badge on the right is the yorkshire division. The reconnaissance corps was raised in 1941 and disbanded in 1946.

Badges are in good order but may need a polish. This is an original ww2 reconnaissance corps cap badge for sale. 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. The brass cap badge shown here features a spear flanked by two flashes of lighting the scroll underneath reads reconnaissance corps.

Reconnaissance corps brown plastic bakelite plastic cap badge kk 2201. A variation to this badge was one struck in white metal. Please see our other items for more original ww1 ww2 post war british military cap badges for sale including other reconnaissance corps cap badges. The corps badge incorporated a spear flanked by two bolts of lightning with a scroll reading reconnaissance corps.

This is an original ww2 reconnaissance corps cap badge for sale. 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. With the end of the war this number of reconnaissance units was not needed and the reconnaissance corps was disbanded in august 1946. Please see our other items for more original ww1 ww2 post war british military cap badges for sale including other reconnaissance corps cap badges.

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Badge on the left is all brass reconnaissance corps.