Pocket Badges worn on overseas service

This section deals with the pocket badges that were worn by the Irish personnel on overseas service.  They were worn hanging from the pocket button of the shirt.  The 43rd Irish Battalion were the first Irish unit to wear a unit type pocket badge.  The standard type badge with the battalion number was worn up to around the time of the 69th Battalion when badges other than the standard started to appear.  It is difficult to put a figure on the number of badges that have been produced but I would guess at close to  one hundred.   With the introduction of the French type overseas uniform the pocket badges started to phase out because there was no button to hang them from.  These were a private purchase that could be found in some of the local traders in the Irish Battalion area. 

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 Page Updated : Saturday, 29 September 2007