Military Police GviR Cap Badge. United Kingdom.

$16.00

Brass Tudor (King's) crown cap badge for Military Police (MP). British Army, United Kingdom.
Corps of Military Police (CMP) 1936 - 1946.
GviR - King George VI (Six).

Good condition and complete with slider. Ref: J95.

The Corps of Royal Military Police was responsible for enforcing the law and maintaining discipline within the British Army.
Today's Royal Military Police traces its origins back to 1855, when the Mounted Military Police was formed to maintain order in and around the Army's new camp at Aldershot.
Renamed the Corps of Military Mounted Police in 1877.
An equivalent Corps of Military Foot Police followed in 1885, originally raised for service in Egypt three years previously.
After the First World War (1914-18) both units were reduced in strength, before eventually being amalgamated to form the Corps of Military Police in 1926.
It was granted a ‘Royal’ prefix in 1946, in recognition of its Second World War service.

In 1992, the Corps of Royal Military Police became part of the Provost Branch within the newly formed Adjutant General’s Corps.
Each of the three organisations that form this branch - the Royal Military Police, the Military Provost Staff Corps and the Military Provost Guard Service - retains its own identity and cap badge.

Brass Tudor (King's) crown cap badge for Military Police (MP). British Army, United Kingdom.
Corps of Military Police (CMP) 1936 - 1946.
GviR - King George VI (Six).

Good condition and complete with slider. Ref: J95.

The Corps of Royal Military Police was responsible for enforcing the law and maintaining discipline within the British Army.
Today's Royal Military Police traces its origins back to 1855, when the Mounted Military Police was formed to maintain order in and around the Army's new camp at Aldershot.
Renamed the Corps of Military Mounted Police in 1877.
An equivalent Corps of Military Foot Police followed in 1885, originally raised for service in Egypt three years previously.
After the First World War (1914-18) both units were reduced in strength, before eventually being amalgamated to form the Corps of Military Police in 1926.
It was granted a ‘Royal’ prefix in 1946, in recognition of its Second World War service.

In 1992, the Corps of Royal Military Police became part of the Provost Branch within the newly formed Adjutant General’s Corps.
Each of the three organisations that form this branch - the Royal Military Police, the Military Provost Staff Corps and the Military Provost Guard Service - retains its own identity and cap badge.