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