Post 1936 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards (RDG) Officer Pattern Small Shoulder Title Gilding Metal Badge

4th/7th R.D.G. Offr Patt gilding metal shoulder title in VGC.

Ref: Westlake a variation of number 57.

Height 10mm (not including the oblique). Width 53mm.

The 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards was a cavalry regiment of the British Army formed in 1922. It served in the Second World War. However following the reduction of forces at the end of the Cold War and proposals contained in the Options for Change paper, the regiment was amalgamated with the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, to form the new Royal Dragoon Guards in 1992.

The regiment was formed in India, as the 4th/7th Dragoon Guards, in 1922 by the amalgamation of the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards and 7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards; it gained the distinction Royal in 1936. The regiment returned to the United Kingdom in 1929, was mechanised in 1938, and transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps in 1939 prior to the outbreak of the Second World War (WW2).

Code: 700