Name/Title
Hungarian National Police junior warrant officer's epaulettes and cap trim pre 2002Entry/Object ID
2268Description
Blue coloured fabric epaulettes and silver coloured braided cap trim. The epaulettes have a gold coloured white metal star and button, the button having a crossed rifle emblem, together with two silver coloured braid bands, one thick and one narrow, and gold coloured edging trim.Use
To denote police rank on a shirtContext
Epaulettes are used to denote the rank of a person in uniform when wearing just a shirt, when that rank would normally be displayed on the shoulders of a tunic. They are usually attached to loops on the shoulders of the shirt. A cap trim is worn around the front of a uniform cap, though in the UK uniform caps usually have a band that doubles as a chinstrap, though they are rarely if ever used as such.
These particular epaulettes are from the Hungarian National Police and denote the rank of "zaszlos" or junior warrant officer, and are of a style in use prior to 2002. They form part of a small collection that was probably formed by a UK police officer during trips abroad. In the past it was common practice for officers to swap uniform insignia with foreign officers.