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Object ID
1998.132.025
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1998.132
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Badge, Cap
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Cap Badge - Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry
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Bronze
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BADGES
BADGES
Cap Badge - Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry
Cap Badge - Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry
Badge: The cap badge of the RWY is the Prince of Wales's feathers is a slightly different design to other regiments wearing the same symbol, such as the Royal Regiment of Wales. It is worn on the brown beret with a red baize and a black baize backing.
The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry (RWY) was a Yeomanry regiment of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United Kingdom established in 1794. It was disbanded as an independent Territorial Army unit in 1967, a time when the strength of the Territorial Army was greatly reduced. The regiment lives on in B (RWY) Squadron and Y (RWY) Squadron of the Royal Wessex Yeomanry.

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