For the late Medieval and Tudor hat ornament, see Cap hook.
Cap badge of the United States Navy on the left and cap badges of the French Navy (Marine Nationale) on the right.
A cap badge, also known as head badge or hat badge, is a badge worn on uniform headgear and distinguishes the wearer's nationality and/or organisation. The wearing of cap badges is a convention commonly found among military and police forces, as well as uniformed civilian groups such as the Boy Scouts, civil defence organisations, ambulance services (e.g. the St. John Ambulance Brigade), customs services, fire services etc.
Cap badges are a modern form of heraldry and their design generally incorporates highly symbolic devices. Some badges that contain images of lions or other cats are sometimes informally referred to as cat badges.
A capbadge, also known as head badge or hat badge, is a badge worn on uniform headgear and distinguishes the wearer's nationality and/or organisation...
Other principal components are the crown, band, and insignia, typically a capbadge and embroidery in proportion to rank. Piping is also often found, typically...
livery badge, various badges of service evolved, worn by officials, soldiers and servants. In the British Army a metal (today often plastic) capbadge denoting...
After some interim designs, the badge of the Corps was formalised in June 1943 for use as the cap-badge, collar-badge, and on the buttons. It consisted...
and soldiers of the Indian Army wear capbadges (metallic or embroidered badges) on their beret or peaked caps. The design is based on the regimental...
battalion designations as subtitles. There is however a common regimental capbadge, tactical recognition flash (TRF), tartan, stable belt and Glengarry headdress...
respective cap-badge. Officers in the navy have a different cap-badge from the ratings. Officers of the rank of colonel and above have a different cap-badge. Green...
First World War the Volunteers were issued the General Service Corps capbadge. This was used into the 1930s on dress uniforms. In 1931 on the recommendation...
is an RAF cap badge RAF Air Commodore wearing a forage cap with a flight suit in 2021 The M1825 forage cap (also known as the pinwheel cap) was worn by...
Brigade Singapore. The Field Uniform consists of a black beret with a capbadge, depending on which is entitled to the wearer. Nursing members wear a...
Service Corps capbadge instead of the Royal Artillery capbadge. From 1914, for the General List and later the General Service Corps, the capbadge has been...
Battle of Waterloo Lucknow Taku Forts Peking The RLC capbadge is an amalgamation of the capbadges of the forming corps: The laurel and garter band is...
a badge. The band color and badge varies after which exam it represents. When this school uniform vanished in the late 19th century, the two caps came...
The right to wear this badge was granted to the 3rd Dragoon Guards in 1765; it subsequently became the regiment's capbadge and later, with the crossed...
The Irish Defence Forces CapBadge (or "FF badge" as it is sometimes called) is common to all services and corps of the Irish Defence Forces. Although...
of the officers, with a capbadge of an anchor within a cord surmounted by a crown. In 1890, they ceased to wear an arm badge. In 1913, the rank of Petty...
rating lacks a capbadge, as is the case with the sailor cap it replaces. A Sikh Royal Air Force officer with an officer's capbadge on a turban. Royal...
A parachutist badge (or parachutist brevet) is a military badge awarded by the armed forces of many states to soldiers who have received parachute training...
Australian Air Force (RAAF) are entitled to wear the blue garrison cap with appropriate capbadge as an optional items with General Purpose Uniform (GPU), Service...
their parent regimental headdress and capbadges. In 1941, No. 1 Commando had no fewer than 79 different capbadges and many different forms of headdress...
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