Irish Military Insignia - Army, FCA Coy 20th Inf.Batt Badges

The 20th Infantry Battalion comprises six companies, A, B, C, D, E and HQ. The current companies were formed for the pre integration (circa 1958) FCA Battalions. For example, 41st Battalion FCA became A Company, 44th Battalion FCA became B Company.

The first actual 20th Infantry Battalion insignia was the shoulder title and this was worn from about 1962. Each company had the same basic design and colour. Circa 1966 the first company insignia appeared and each company then designed their own insignia. Since then the insignia have been numerous and varied.

The insignia with "City of Dublin" did not appear in all companies for some reason. There was an early attempt in the early to mid 1970s to have a standard insignia (see the example below shown in the HQ Company section with the "black 20") but the companies did not agree and only “HQ COMPANY” personnel wore the insignia.

The next attempt to standardise the Battalion was in 1989 when the blue insignia with title was introduced. All companies wore the insignia for a short time and when stocks ran out companies just reverted back to their own insignia again. More recently “B Company” introduced a larger version of the blue insignia to replace the historic "44" insignia and the new insignia is now worn by “B Company!” , “HQ Company” and by Cadre personnel.

The other problem with some of the companies is that there is no quality control with the insignia when ordered. For example over the last number of years “ E Company” have reordered the insignia a number of times and each time the yellow colour is a different shade.

I was very fortunate to have collected these insignia back in the mid to late 1970's when I was stationed in Griffith Barracks that was also the home of the 20th Battalion. If you are aware of an insignia (not just a colour shade variation) that I am missing in this set would you please let me know and I will put the record straight.

A COMPANY
	1962 - 1966


1966 - 1970	Since Early 1970's	Since Early 1990's


1989 - 1993		Since Early 1990's





B COMPANY
	1962 - 1966


1966 - 1970	Early 1970's	Since Early 1970's


1989 - 1993		Late 1970's





C COMPANY
	1962 - 1966


1966 - 1970	Since Early 1970's	Since Early 1990's


	1989 - 1993





D COMPANY
	1962 - 1966


	1970's



1966 - 1970	Early 1970's	Since Early 1970's


1989 - 1993		Since Early 1990's





E COMPANY
	1962 - 1966


1966 - 1970	Since Early 1970's	Since Early 1990's


	1989 - 1993





HEADQUARTERS
	1962 - 1966


1966 - 1970	Early 1970's	Since Early 1970's


	1989 - 1993

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