Military badges can identify a lot about a person in the military. A cap badge can tell you if a person is in the Army, Navy or Air Force, it can tell you which regiment or corp somebody is in the military and some cap badges can even tell you what rank people are. Cap Badges are worn on berets, field service caps, service dress caps, Glengarry or Tam O'Shanter to name a few.
A large proportion of Cap Badges are metal and have a vertical slider however some regiments prefer two loops secured by a pin. Some regiments including the Special Air Service use a cloth cap badge on their berets and a lot of regiment’s officers have a wire embroided cap badge. The range of Cap Badges is massive and we supply every issue cap badge available direct from the MoD contract holder.
Other military badges available will show if you have a specialist skill or trade, an example of this is an Army Physical Training Instructor known as PTI’s. A PTI will wear crossed swords on his uniform or sports top, a weapons instructor will wear crossed rifles. If someone in the Army has passed the All Arms Commando Course he will wear the Commando Fighting Knife, sometimes referred to as a commando dagger.
Common catergories to put identifying badges and insignia would include Rank Insignia, Unit + Brigade TRF's, Airborne and Special Forces, Trade + Specialist Insignia, Security and Police, Cap Badges
Contact Left also sell a wide range of medals and is increasing this all the time. All our medals are made in the UK and are Medal Office approved. Most but not all all size medals that are not issued will have a small copy written on the medal in some cases this is barely visible. We recommend that members of the military and those who have left, wear copy medals and leave there originals at home. With medals selling for upto hundreds of thousands of pounds originals are being robbed frequently.
The issuing of medals is hundreds of years old and have been used to reward individuals for taking part in battles and act of heroism alongside plenty of other reasons including royalties jubilee occasions. There are campaign medals, Long and Meritous Service Medals, Coronation and Jubilee Medals, Medals for saving life, Decorations and Orders of Knighthood. With these there are miscellaneous medal, loads of foreign awards, mentions and commendations etc etc
When wearing mess dress or on black tie occasions it may be appropriate to wear miniature medals these are smaller representations of the full sized medals and are worn when the full sized medals would be out of place. Contact Left sell a large range of miniature medals and sell to all areas of the armed forces. Contact Left only sell official medal office approved medals 100% manufactured in the UK.
