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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> This is not a catalogue of badges but rather a guide book. As a young collector finding unidentifiable badges or inexplicable variations of known patterns I searched in vain for some book which would shed some light on these mysteries but found none. I hope that this book may serve to answer some of the questions of the budding collector’. On the 25th Anniversary of that first edition the new revised and updated Sixth Edition proves that John Gaylor has indeed answered those questions. The Author who is the Honorary Secretary of the Military Historical Society examines every aspect of this fascinating hobby. He explains the evolution of the present regimental badges from the numbered regiments of foot up until 1881 of the Volunteers of the Territorials of the Home Guard military cyclists Kitchener’s Army the Brigade of Gurkhas and many unusual units. He gives much useful advice on the acquisition mounting and storage of badges. Appendices deal with the hackles or feathered plumes worn by some regiments the tartans worn by the Scottish regiments and a full listing of all the Volunteer battalions in 1908 just before the creation of the new Territorial Force. The period from 1881 to 1996 is covered by photographs of almost 800 badges including those brought by Options for Change the most recent of the many changes experienced by the British Army.