Ordnance Insignia of the British Army
Army Ordnance Department
1896
Helmet Plate
Ref - KK 1020
An eight-pointed star, topmost point displaced by Victorian
crown.
On this a laurel-wreath and within the wreath the Garter. In the
centre the letters AOD.
All in gilt except the monogram which is silver, on a
black-velvet backing.
The monogrammed AOD centre was replaced by the Ordnance Arms
around 1898/99
Worn by the officers of the Army Ordnance Department and Junior
Officers & Warrant Officers of the Army Ordnance Corps
till the death of Queen Victoria in 1902, When the King Edward
VII Imperial Crown version replaced it.
M Comerford - August 2003 - HTML Revision 1