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Second World War period British Army cap badge for the Parachute Regiment. Plastic cap badges were first introduced into the British Army during 1941 as a result of metal shortages caused by the prioritised demands of industrialised war production. The wearing of plastic badges proved very unpopular with British Army personnel

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Imperial War Museum ref INS 7377

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Second World War

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Official photographer

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