Adam Llewellyn Posted 27 April , 2010 Share Posted 27 April , 2010 Good day all, Could somebody please tell me if other ranks would have worn collar badges? Regards. Llew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted 27 April , 2010 Share Posted 27 April , 2010 Officially no, unofficially yes in certain units at certain times and places. If you do a search on collar badges you wil find lots of discussion on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Llewellyn Posted 27 April , 2010 Author Share Posted 27 April , 2010 Thanks Squirrel, I'll have a search and see what comes up. Regards. Llew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 27 April , 2010 Share Posted 27 April , 2010 Except, of course, Pioneer battalions, who wore the crossed rifle and pick badge. Some units (Royal Fusiliers seem to have done this) appear to have worn battalion numerals on the collar, and possibly a fusilier grenade. Canadians, though - yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted 27 April , 2010 Share Posted 27 April , 2010 I still haven't found anyone who can tell me why they are "dogs"! Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted 27 April , 2010 Share Posted 27 April , 2010 "Badges, collar, dog" perhaps? The "dog" referring to the collar and not the badges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truthergw Posted 27 April , 2010 Share Posted 27 April , 2010 I still haven't found anyone who can tell me why they are "dogs"! Bruce One of the many meanings of dog is a clamp or claw. That is about as close as I can get but the word seems to have been adopted by just about anyone needing a name for something so it might just be what the people who made them called them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Llewellyn Posted 28 April , 2010 Author Share Posted 28 April , 2010 Now then, where did I put that can of worms!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grovetown Posted 28 April , 2010 Share Posted 28 April , 2010 Big thread on this a while ago. ORs collars Best wishes, GT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Llewellyn Posted 28 April , 2010 Author Share Posted 28 April , 2010 Interesting, thanks for the link. Regards. Llew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vimyridge Posted 1 May , 2010 Share Posted 1 May , 2010 It may or may not interest anyone here, but us Canadians all worn collar "dogs" first it was the CANADIAN general service maple leaf badges and then a whole slew of infantry battalions collar badges... 260 infantry battalions to be exact, and that's not counting all the corp collar dogs. CEF badge collectors need two volumes of the Charlton price guide just to keep up...and both bloody books are out of print. and when they do come up for sale, these little pocket books sell for over $125 US .....YIKES As for the term collar dogs, I always thought it was the usual humorous self derogatory attitude made by the soldiers referring to themselves as dogs... who wear badges on the collar? like a dog collar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Llewellyn Posted 1 May , 2010 Author Share Posted 1 May , 2010 Thanks Roger, you've now got the can of worms. Lol Regards. Llew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vimyridge Posted 1 May , 2010 Share Posted 1 May , 2010 WORMS??? OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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