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    Quote Originally Posted by dcommini View Post
    I decided to see what I could find that could be used as a military identifier and a cap badge when my google search led me to the Celtic Croft which has made military cap badges for all of the branches of the US Military. They come in pewter and silver.
    Thanks. I got a pewter one to wear as a kilt pin on my US Army tartan, USAKilts semi-traditional.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Knouse View Post
    Thanks. I got a pewter one to wear as a kilt pin on my US Army tartan, USAKilts semi-traditional.
    Awesome, glad I could help
    OblSB, PhD, KOSG

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    Quote Originally Posted by dcommini View Post
    ... Celtic Croft ...
    Nice!

    I almost choked when I saw the price for the silver, but the pewter might just work.

    Thanks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chip View Post
    Nice!

    I almost choked when I saw the price for the silver, but the pewter might just work.

    Thanks.
    Yeah, its safe to say I'm not notngoing to buy that silver one either.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dotplaid View Post
    Hi all,

    First post; in fact I joined so that I could ask this very question:

    Does one wear a clan cap badge on a balmoral bonnet made from a clan tartan?

    Our family is planning to attend a Highlands Festival at the end of the summer. I've been thinking it's about time I start showing off my pride. I'd like to buy a bonnet with the Ancient Gunn tartan, but I'm not sure if the Gunn cap badge is overkill or if it's quite appropriate. (The badge seems a bit redundant in light of that tartan, thus my question.)

    If there is leeway in this matter, I was thinking that I might attach the crossed cannons and rocket of the U.S. Army's Air Defense Artillery, the branch in which I served.
    Any advice would be most appreciated, and tapadh leibh,
    dot
    A clan badge will be fine, alternatively try the clan plant badge which is juniper. Military badges are best worn with military kilts.

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    I've seen military tams with a swatch of tartan and a badge pinned over it. If you wanted tartan on the bonnet this would be an alternative to a full tartan bonnet.

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    It's tricky in the British military because each regiment has its own unique very specific way that the square of tartan is cut: straight or on the bias, and the specific portion of the tartan that's displayed.

    Here's the patches that appear on Battledress jackets, with a Seaforth Highlanders tam at the bottom

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    Cool my Glengarry

    this is how my cap looks at the moment for general wear , I do have a pewter clan badge that I swap out for occasions when the bright color is not so desireable 20160723_194651.jpg the feather embellishment is Scottish Red Grouse and I made it myself
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bluescelt View Post


    I've seen military tams with a swatch of tartan and a badge pinned over it. If you wanted tartan on the bonnet this would be an alternative to a full tartan bonnet.
    These can be purchased. The TOS was the working dress head dress for the Scottish Infantry. All Regiments had their tartan patch on their TOS except the Black Watch because of their Red Hackle.

    The one on the left is the Royal Scots TOS and the tartan patched is correctly fitted.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bluescelt View Post


    I've seen military tams with a swatch of tartan and a badge pinned over it. If you wanted tartan on the bonnet this would be an alternative to a full tartan bonnet.
    If I might just say, we are discussing civilian attire here. A swatch of tartan is perfectly alright for a military tam and the correct tartan and how it is displayed is laid down by regulations. A well dressed civilian does not usually wear a tartan swatch on his bonnet, or a tartan bonnet.

    Just saying.
    " Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the adherence of idle minds and minor tyrants". Field Marshal Lord Slim.

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