Ordnance Insignia of the British Army

Types of Badge Fittings

The most common fittings found are Slider or Split Pin with Blade Fittings almost always found on early Officers Badges, with the exception of course of the WWII Economy Badge. Illustrated are the main types of fitting for each pattern of Ordnance Badge.

Left - 1896 Pattern Officers Blade Fitting

Centre - 1896 Pattern Slider Fitting

Right - 1918 Pattern Officers Blade Fitting

Left - 1918 & 1947 Pattern Split Pin Fitting

Centre - 1918 & 1947 Pattern Slider Fitting, Also found on 1896 Pattern AOC Badges.

Right - 1918 & 1947 Pattern Split Pin Fitting on Officer Gilr/Enamal Badges with long lugs..

Left - 'WWII Economy Plastic' 1918 Pattern Other-Ranks Blade Fitting

Centre - 1949 & 1953 Pattern Slider Fitting.

Right - 1949 & 1953 Pattern Officers Split Pin Fitting on badges with long lugs.

Left - 1918 Collar Badges with 12,6 O'Clock or 9,3 O'Clock Split Pin Locations
9,3 O'Clock being the most common.

Right - Methods of fixing Enamal Disk at rear of 1918 & 1947 Officers Gilt/Enamal Badges.
Illustrated Outer Clip with Disk Removed is 1918 Pattern, while Center Clip is 1947 Pattern.
This applies to both Cap & Collar Badges, and both types can be found in both versions.
Red Bakalite (Plastic) Disks have been reported with the 1947 version.

Cap Badges with Sliders tended to move about when used with a Side Cap.
So small brass griper clips were issued to secure the badge,and can sometimes still be found attached.

M Comerford - August 2003 - HTML Revision 1