Royal Army Chaplains' Department (Jewish) Oxidised Cap Badge. United Kingdom.

$40.00

An oxidised/blackened Tudor (King's) crown cap badge for Royal Army Chaplains’ Department (Jewish). British Army, United Kingdom.
Star of David.

Good condition and complete with slider. Ref: J99.

Formal religious provision to soldiers only began in 1796, when the government formed the Army Chaplains’ Department.
Ever since, the Department has provided spiritual support, pastoral care and moral guidance to soldiers.
Its personnel are ordained in the church, but hold ranks equivalent to ordinary officer ranks. However, they are all referred to as ‘padre’, regardless of their equivalent rank.
Initially, only troops belonging to the Church of England received religious guidance, but in 1836, following Catholic emancipation, the Department took on its first Roman Catholic clergy.
In 1858, the Department recruited its first official Presbyterian chaplains.
It then began recruiting Methodist chaplains in 1881 and Jewish chaplains in 1892. The latter also had a separate Star of David cap badge.
To mark the Department's contribution to World War One (WW1), King George V granted it the ‘Royal’ prefix in 1919.
Its officers have taken part in most British Army deployments.

An oxidised/blackened Tudor (King's) crown cap badge for Royal Army Chaplains’ Department (Jewish). British Army, United Kingdom.
Star of David.

Good condition and complete with slider. Ref: J99.

Formal religious provision to soldiers only began in 1796, when the government formed the Army Chaplains’ Department.
Ever since, the Department has provided spiritual support, pastoral care and moral guidance to soldiers.
Its personnel are ordained in the church, but hold ranks equivalent to ordinary officer ranks. However, they are all referred to as ‘padre’, regardless of their equivalent rank.
Initially, only troops belonging to the Church of England received religious guidance, but in 1836, following Catholic emancipation, the Department took on its first Roman Catholic clergy.
In 1858, the Department recruited its first official Presbyterian chaplains.
It then began recruiting Methodist chaplains in 1881 and Jewish chaplains in 1892. The latter also had a separate Star of David cap badge.
To mark the Department's contribution to World War One (WW1), King George V granted it the ‘Royal’ prefix in 1919.
Its officers have taken part in most British Army deployments.