The badges shown in this section are all variations since 1994 and in most cases private purchase and not issue.
 

WINGS CEREMONY
The Officers wing ceremony of 1994 resulted in another unique Air Corps cap badge.  Due to the fact that the blue uniform had just been introduced there was no peak cap badges available so a special order was made for the parade resulting in the badge below.  Only the Wing Commander and those on parade wore the badge which was approx twelve badges.

UNOFFICIAL BADGE - OFFICERS
The Officers unofficial badge was introduced by the Group commander Colonel K. Hogan who had them made while on overseas service.  They proved unpopular because the badge did not sit neatly on the peaked cap.

UNOFFICIAL BADGE - RQMS/RSM
A small number of this badge were made privately because the "Red Centre" was missing on the official peak cap badge. Worn between 1995 - 1998.

WINGS CEREMONY 1994		UNOFFICIAL BADGE - OFFICERS		UNOFFICIAL BADGE-RQMS/RSM

MESS DRESS

 Colonel J. O'Brien (later GOC in 2001) had this badge designed for the new dress uniform cap.

GENERAL / COLONELS BADGEBrig Gen J. O'Brien had the badge variation shown below made for wear on his forage and peak cap. 
Due to the design and quality of the badge it was adopted by the officers as their peak and forage badge in 2003.
The interesting thing is that the design is in fact the same as the Pipe Band badge and not the official officers badge.

Before 2003 the GOC and Gp Comdr added a small addition to their Forage and cap badges in the form of a  "RED BORDER".   The system continued with the introduction of the new badge 2003.

WINGS CEREMONY 1994		GOC / Gp Comdr  Forage Cap		GOC / Gp Comdr  Forage & Cap  (post 2003)

OFFICERS BADGE
This is the badge that is a copy of the GOC's.  It is a well made bullion badge but does not follow the original approved design for officers.

PIPE BAND
When the  pipe band changed to the blue jacket in 1995 they initially wore the forage cap.  In 1997 they introduced a glengarry with a new standard badge and this was worn until the introduction of the new Glengarry in September 2002.   The original badge did not fit neatly on the new Glengarry so a new design was adopted. 

	1997		2002

WEDDING SET
These three badges were the original samples for enlisted ranks.  These badges were never produced for general wear in this quality. These samples were used by an NCO at his wedding because the official issue peak cap badge was not yet available at the time even though the caps were.  I call this set the "Wedding Set".  There were six of the Airman's badge,  two for the Sergeant and one for the RSM.

	Armn / Cpl		Sgt / FQMS / Flt Sgt		RQMS / RSM

 Page Updated : Friday, 23 September 2011