This was the pattern of cap badge and shoulder title worn by the Manchester's in the Great War.
Cheers, Ade.
This was the pattern of cap badge and shoulder title worn by the Manchester's in the Great War.
Cheers, Ade.
The previous badge was known as the "Tram Conductors badge". For the sake of reference, I have now shown the later cap badge worn from 1923 onwards. In fact, two battl's, the 7th Territorial Battalion and the 24th Service Battl did wear a fleur-de-lys badge, but of more ornate design in WW1.
In 1923 the Regiment adopted a plain brass fleur-de-lys in place of the City coat of Arms badge. The fleur-de-lys commemorates service in the French island of Martinique by the old 63rd of foot over a hundred years before. After WW2, the brass version of the badge gave way to a white metal version.
Cheers, Ade.
Similar Threads
Bookmarks