A nice and RARE to find Officers and other ranks The 49th (West Riding) Reconnaissance Regiment cap i.e beret badge

This is a neat example of a rare WW2 Reconnaissance Corps 49th West Riding Division beret badge, white metal example with a Yorkshire rose to the centre. The 49th (West Riding) DIVISION was a pre-war territorial formation consisting of the 146th, 147th & 148th Brigades. The first two recruited in Yorkshire and the third in the Notts. & Derbyshire area. The 49th REGIMENT was formed in September, 1942 from the 29th & 148th Independent Squadrons of the Reconnaissance Corps (formed January, 1941) which were attached to the 49th Division, along with the 1st Belgian Fusiliers (replaced in December, 1942 by the 24th (Guards) Independent Squadron). In accordance with normal Reconnaissance Corps practise this new regiment was given the same number as the division with which it would serve - the 49th. This example is in a nice issued condition and still got his original cotter pin present. Hard to find these days.

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