Post 1964 Royal Anglian Regiment Cap Badge

Guaranteed original. Complete & intact. E2B/789

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The East Anglian Brigade was an administrative formation of the British Army from 1948 to 1968. The Brigade administered the regular infantry regiments of East Anglia, England. At the same time East Anglian Brigade cap badges and buttons replaced those of the individual regiments. The cap badge was a silver eight-pointed star bearing the castle and key of Gibraltar, with a scroll inscribed “East Anglia”. The key and castle was a badge awarded to predecessors of all three regiments for their part in the Great Siege of Gibraltar from 1779 – 1783. The brigade buttons were identical to those of the Royal Norfolk Regiment, bearing the figure of Brittania.

The three regiments could be distinguished by their collar badges and coloured lanyards:

The 1st East Anglian Regiment wore collar badges consisting of Brittania in front of the Castle of Gibraltar and a yellow lanyard
The 2nd East Anglian Regiment wore collar badges consisting of a sphinx on a tablet inscribed “Egypt” over a scroll with the battle honour Talavera and a black lanyard
The 3rd East Anglian Regiment wore collar badges depicting a Napoleonic eagle enclosed within the Garter and a pompadour purple (claret purple) lanyard

In 1963, the Regiment was transferred from the Forester Brigade. The regiment wore collar badges comprising a royal tiger within an unbroken wreath of laurel and a pearl grey, black and scarlet lanyard. In 1964, all four were amalgamated to form a new, large regiment called the Royal Anglian Regiment. The new regiment’s cap badge was similar to that of the East Anglian Brigade except that the scroll was now inscribed “Royal Anglian” and the cap badge is now smaller.

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