Appropriateness of regimental brooch

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Jerry, I think you should proudly wear the RCAF tartan, but put the cap badge in a display case with its own swatch of tartan and not on your kilt. The tartan is not an 'owned' symbol, as is so often discussed here, but things such as badges and medals are best left to those who have earned them. We had a lengthy discussion on regimental ties on the forum a few years ago when there were a few members wearing them 'in honour of' regiments. There were members then who actually were or had been in those regiments and did not consider it an 'honour' but an affront that others were wearing them.

So we don't go too far off-topic here, if you have pics of your twin uncles it would be fantastic to see them in a separate thread in Miscellaneous. The connection between the RCAF and the RAF is deserving of a shelfful of books and not just a sentence or two in passing.

Rex.ThistleDown