Ordnance Insignia of the British Army

RAOC Scottish TA Pipe Band Insignia

Between 1957/58 and 1967, two RAOC Scottish TA Companies raised Pipe Bands,
the following insignia is known to have been produced and worn by them:

Left - Non Mall Marked Silver Cap Badge
believed to have been worn by the Pipe Majors.

Right - White Metal with Brass Slider Cap
Badge, worn in the Pipers Glengarry


Locally produced Plaid Brooch with
1949 - 1953 Bi-Metal Cap Badge
as its centre.

Produced for
12 (GS) Company (V) Edinburgh
(Picture - John McKenzie Collection)


Front and Rear view of officially produced Plaid Brooch
with a Silver Plated 1953 Pattern Badge at its centre.

Believed to have been used by both
12 (GS) Company (V) Edinburgh
and
51 Ordnance Field Park (V) Glasgow

Information on Scottish RAOC TA Pipe Bands taken from:
The RAOC T.A. Presence in Scotland and their Pipe Bands, 1950-1967 by John McKenzie
First Published in Crown Imperial 1999 and reproduced here by the kind permisson of John McKenzie and the Editor.


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