A South Staffordshire Regiment Holland Patch Badge Backing Desperately Seeks A Badge

A padded khaki coloured linen cloth holland badge backing, padded and pierced for a slider, looking for a South Staffordshire Regiment Cap Badge for a long and stable relationship!

In worn condition with the outline of the badge sought clearly visible.

The Holland cloth originates from the 38th of Foot (1st Battalion of the South Staffordshire Regiment) who from the early 18th century spent over 50 years on continuous foreign service, whilst in the West Indies their uniforms got in such a bad state that they started to make waistcoats from Holland Cloth (a type of linen sack cloth made in Northern Ireland) and also to line their red tunics. They often only wore their khaki waistcoats on account of the heat - and therefore probably were the first regiment to wear a khaki or tropical uniform. The Holland Patch was not officially sanctioned until 12th December 1935. Sometimes incorrectly described as an Armhem patch creating a spurious relationship with the Airborne Forces.

"Badge Backings and Special Embellishments" pp 132-133 refer.

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Code: 63224