cWW2 Reconnaissance Corps Officer Service Dress (OSD) Cap Badge Bronze

c1941-46, Recce Corps O.S.D. Offr Pattern cap badge. An officer's service dress, bronzed, cap badge with two blade fastenings (east and west). VGC.

Ref: KK1925.

The Reconnaissance Corps, or simply Recce Corps, was a service branch of the British Army, formed during the Second World War, whose units provided reconnaissance for infantry divisions. It was formed from infantry brigade reconnaissance groups on 14 January 1941.

All the brigade reconnaissance groups of each infantry corps were formed into reconnaissance battalions, each usually bearing the number of its relevant division. For example, the 43rd Battalion, Reconnaissance Corps (based on the 5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment) was the divisional reconnaissance battalion of the 43rd (Wessex) Division.

Code: 892