Qualification Badges  -  Explosive Ordnance Disposal/Improvised Explosive Disposal
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This badge was introduced in 2009 and is awarded to personnel of the ordnance corps who are EOD/IED qualified. 
The badge consists of a Guy Fawkes bomb, with Celtic Broadswords, Oak Leaf Clusters and a Celtic Knot. 
The official award is the one with the khaki border.  The black border badge was made privately while waiting for the official badge and only one batch of was made.
The desert pattern which was locally made in Kabul was first worn in 2009 by an officer serving with ISAF. 

 

      

EOD Official   EOD Variation
     
        

 
EOD Officer   EOD Enlisted
     
     

 

               

Original Desert  ISAF 2009   EOD Desert Variation   EOD  Desert Variation
       

 

 

 

 

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 Page Updated : Wednesday, 28 December 2011