4/7 4th / 7th Dragoon Guards RAC Regimental Flash Cloth Arm Designation

Worsted cloth formation sign. Diamond black border with chevrons in black, gold and two in dull red, some paper stuck to reverse as removed from an album. Small black diamond was worn at the top. Worn by all ranks on battledress. In very good condition.

Introduced in 1939 when the regiment was mobilised with the BEF to go to France. It was expected that for security reasons, the regiment would not be permitted to wear badges or numerals and therefore, in order to have some form of regimental distinguishing sign it was decided by the adjutant to adopt a regimental design and colouring similar to that which was painted on the regiment's steel helmets. This was done and the regiment's predecessors continues to wear this distinctive flash.

BoBD (jon Mills) No 353, Cole p131 (Badges on Battle Dress) & Morris Part 2 p73 refers. Langridge plate 1 no 12 (supplement).

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Code: 63737