cap badges and berets

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okay i know this is pretty random but i was just wondering how to attach a cap badge to a beret. you know the badges that only have a sort of clip like pens have sometimes, ive tried to attach mine but it keeps falling off each time i put it on my head hehehe :mad:

, anyway thought someone could help me if youre in the army.

Reply 1

Dagowly

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kookie_4

okay i know this is pretty random but i was just wondering how to attach a cap badge to a beret. you know the badges that only have a sort of clip like pens have sometimes, ive tried to attach mine but it keeps falling off each time i put it on my head hehehe :mad:

, anyway thought someone could help me if youre in the army.

Most of the beret badges i've seen have 2 small loops that go through the holes in the front and have a brass pin that goes through them both on the back.

Reply 2

Speedbird2008

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^^ What he said. :biggrin:

Just place the badge through the holes in the front of the beret, then slide through the brass pin to secure it. :smile:

Reply 3

threeportdrift

Careers Forum Helper

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If you've got a badge with a vertical clip like a pen then you have to to some sewing! Get some dark or beret coloured thread and sew a horizontal stitch at the place you need the top of the clip to be to make the badge rest in the right position. Then keep sewing in the same place so that you have a chunk of stitches, all the same size, jammed up together. Then slip the clip of the badge through behind the stitches. You can do the same for lower down the clip as well, if it needs to be more secure.

Reply 4

Q_M

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threeportdrift

If you've got a badge with a vertical clip like a pen then you have to to some sewing! Get some dark or beret coloured thread and sew a horizontal stitch at the place you need the top of the clip to be to make the badge rest in the right position. Then keep sewing in the same place so that you have a chunk of stitches, all the same size, jammed up together. Then slip the clip of the badge through behind the stitches. You can do the same for lower down the clip as well, if it needs to be more secure.

Yea I just had to do my OTC beret like this.

Reply 5

kookie_4

OP

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im in the OTC, thats why im asking, some people are saying that i have to cut a hole in the beret and put the pin through that to secure it, im hopeless at sewing so i cant do that ahhhh
i need to do it by tuesday

Reply 6

Robinf20

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It depends, my OTC beret from 4 years ago had a leather pocket type thing to accept the pen like clip on the beret badge. If you haven't got one of those on your beret then i would go with what threeportdrift has said!

Maybe this is a further case of costcutting!

Reply 7

Q_M

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kookie_4

im in the OTC, thats why im asking, some people are saying that i have to cut a hole in the beret and put the pin through that to secure it, im hopeless at sewing so i cant do that ahhhh
i need to do it by tuesday

Ok, well, don't have a go at me if it goes wrong!

I cut a slit in the beret with a stanly knife, on the outside, and inside (you can see where the stitching is on the left hand side....sort of). You can also see on the inside of the beret where the "pin" bit of the emblem needs to sit (to now be known as a little sleeve). Thats where the slit needs to be on the outside of the beret, so the "pin" comes through and sits inside the little sleeve.

Does that help? lol

Reply 8

Q_M

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Robinf20

It depends, my OTC beret from 4 years ago had a leather pocket type thing to accept the pen like clip on the beret badge. If you haven't got one of those on your beret then i would go with what threeportdrift has said!

Maybe this is a further case of costcutting!

Just seen this post. Sounds the same as my beret.

Reply 9

NFI

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Don't they do lessons on how to look after/prep your kit when you first join?

Reply 10

Q_M

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NFI

Don't they do lessons on how to look after/prep your kit when you first join?

You do indeed. Its pretty fast though to be fair.

Reply 11

hodges

I'm at SUOTC. Our berets sound similar. We have a leather strip inside the beret that forms a pocket for the pen-clip to slide into. However in order to get the clip inside the pocket you need to cut a small hole from the front of the beret through into the leather strip. Then just slide the clip through and try and wiggle it into the pocket.

You'll work it out! The hard bit is shaping the thing to look decent on your noggin!

Reply 12

babes_and_bootnecks

If all else fails take to it with the black maskers!

Reply 13

Q_M

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hodges

You'll work it out! The hard bit is shaping the thing to look decent on your noggin!

Tell me about it.

To be fair I'm pretty happy with mine now.

Reply 14

babes_and_bootnecks

Be the envy of your OTC and shape your beret like this! :biggrin:

Reply 15

Q_M

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babes_and_bootnecks

Be the envy of your OTC and shape your beret like this! :biggrin:

I'll second that - looks just like mine. :rolleyes:

Reply 16

kookie_4

OP

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hey..finally got the cap badge in, i just needed to cut a little slit in the beret then fit it into the leather pouch on the inside i think i was worrying too much and didnt realise how easy it was :redface:

anyway OTC is great going to sandhurst next weekend

Reply 17

Q_M

15

kookie_4

hey..finally got the cap badge in, i just needed to cut a little slit in the beret then fit it into the leather pouch on the inside i think i was worrying too much and didnt realise how easy it was :redface:

anyway OTC is great going to sandhurst next weekend

How come Sandhurst next weekend.

I've got my first "exercise" next weekend, God only knows whats going to happen.

Reply 18

kookie_4

OP

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ive already done my first exercise so the next one is a weekend away to sandhurst, exercise new cadet for me wasa lot easier than selection weekend. we had to carry our rifles with us all weekend do a march up a hill with webbing day sack and rifle then do some lessons about living in the field, cooking in the field and learning about ranks, the last one was done in the rain...we were soaked but it was fun. finally we done some pt in involved pushinga landrover for 800m along with carrying other stuff like a metal stretcher ammo containers tyres on poles, barrels sacks with heavy stuff in...it sounds bad but youll love it

Reply 19

Q_M

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kookie_4

ive already done my first exercise so the next one is a weekend away to sandhurst, exercise new cadet for me wasa lot easier than selection weekend. we had to carry our rifles with us all weekend do a march up a hill with webbing day sack and rifle then do some lessons about living in the field, cooking in the field and learning about ranks, the last one was done in the rain...we were soaked but it was fun. finally we done some pt in involved pushinga landrover for 800m along with carrying other stuff like a metal stretcher ammo containers tyres on poles, barrels sacks with heavy stuff in...it sounds bad but youll love it

That sounds awesome, I hope mines something along those lines.

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