INDIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS

OFFICER'S WIRE WOVEN

JUNGLE HAT BADGE

1947 - CURRENT

At the start of the 21st Century technology, equipment, transport, clothing and many other aspects of military life and work have changed considerably since the Corps  came into being in it's own right in 1947.

 One very small change can be seen here with the photograph below of a Indian Corps of Signals Officer's Wire Woven hat badge attached to a Jungle (Booney) Hat. In the modern Indian Army there are several forms of headdress especially where one third of personnel are made up of Sikh soldiers who wear a turban. In that particular case the badge would go on the front of the turban. However, the beret still reigns supreme.

 The days of Bullion badges other than for full dress uniforms, seems to have passed in favour of cost effectiveness and ease of manufacture to wire woven badges. This seems to be the case in most armed forces around the world for combat style clothing.