Royal Army Ordnance Corps Cap Badge. United Kingdom.

$15.00

Bi-metal Cap Badge surmounted by a St Edward's Crown (Queen's crown) for the Royal Army Ordnance Corps (R.A.O.C.), British Army. United Kingdom.
1953 to 1993.

Good condition and complete with slider. Ref: J40.

Bi-metal Cap Badge surmounted by a St Edward's Crown (Queen's crown) for the Royal Army Ordnance Corps (R.A.O.C.), British Army. United Kingdom.
1953 to 1993.

Good condition and complete with slider. Ref: J40.

The Ordnance Corps was the body charged with supplying weapons, ammunition, and equipment to the British Army.
The Ordnance Store Corps (1881) was renamed the Army Ordnance Corps in 1896.
The Army Ordnance Department was amalgamated into the Army Ordnance Corps in 1918.
The new Army Ordnance Corps was granted the prefix ‘Royal’ in 1922.
In 1993 the Royal Corps of Transport, the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, the Royal Pioneer Corps, the Army Catering Corps and the Royal Engineers Postal and Courier Service were merged to form the Royal Logistic Corps.

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