c1950s Women's Royal Army Corps (WRAC) Bi-Metal Other Rank's Cap Badge and Backing

W.R.A.C. bi-metal cap badge on slider with original vintage beret 'tear drop' cloth backing and part of beret. ERII crowned cap badge VGC.

The Women's Royal Army Corps (WRAC; sometimes pronounced acronymic-ally as /ˈræk/, a term unpopular with its members) was the corps to which all women in the British Army belonged from 1949 to 1992 except medical, dental and veterinary officers and chaplains, who belonged to the same corps as the men; the Ulster Defence Regiment, which recruited women from 1973, and nurses, who belonged to Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps.

Code: 1653