Badge

Object/Artifact

Royal Montreal Regiment Museum

Name/Title

Badge

Entry/Object ID

2019x.56.03

Description

Metal badge of the Royal Armoured Corps. The King's Crown has been enamelled in red and the space between the flanking arrows in blue. This was not worn on a uniform in this condition but has been enammeled, either as a one-off curiosity, or to be worn as a "sweetheart" brooch.

Made/Created

Date made

1939 - 1945

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Royal Armoured Corps

Related Events

Event

World War II

Research Notes

Notes

The metal Royal Armoured Corps headdress badge, is properly described as "being a clenched mailed fist in centre, right hand and palm facing, the letters RAC on a billet on the cuff, two incomplete concentric circles with arrowheads radiate upwards from the wrist, all surmounted by an Imperial (King's) crown."