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Army Skill at Arms badges
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Badges as Shooting
Competition Prizes |
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In Colonial times and
pre WW1 Rifle Associations were paramilitary and were supported by
Governments as training facilities for a citizen's Army. |
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| "The
Queen's Thirty", Victorian Rifle Association 1890 |
"The
Queen's Thirty" Victorian Rifle Association 1894 |
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| "The
King's Thirty" 1903 Victorian Rifle Association |
Kolapore
Shooting Competition badge 1897 |
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| Australian
Commonwealth Open shooting competition badge 1901 |
Wimbledon
(UK) Shooting Competition 1886 |
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This
badge was won by Junior Cadet John Abbott Longworth at the Bisley
Shooting Competition in 1911. At
the time Longworth was in England with the Australian Cadet Contingent
to the coronation of King George V. Longworth enlisted in the AIF on 27
March 1916 and served with 34 Battalion. He was killed in action on 12
October 1917 and is buried at Tyne Cot Cemetery in Belgium |
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| Carbine
Skill at Arms 1960 |
Sniper
qualification badge 1960 on khaki |
Sniper
qualification badge 1960, worsted. |
- Skill at Arms badges from this
period could have letters surmounted above the crossed rifles to
indicate specialty. They were worn on the left upper arm above any
rank badge.
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indicated carbine |
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"P"
indicated Pistol |
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indicated Light Machine Gun |
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"R"
indicated Rifle |
| "M"
indicated Machine Gun |
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"S"
indicated Sniper level |
The letters were sometimes embroidered
on the badge at point of manufacture and sometimes they were metal and
sewn on. |
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Skill at Arms qualification
badge with brass "R" for rifle, circa 1960, to be worn on
battledress uniform. |
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Australian Army sniper badge, of the type worn in the 1970's or 80's on
the patrol blues dress uniform. Bullion on navy blue gabardine cloth with,
unusually, a bullion border |
RAAF
Skill at arms badge c.2000
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Skill
at Arms c.2000 |
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Skill
at Arms Sniper c.2000
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Sniper
desert cam. c.2000
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Top 20 Shots in Army
c.2000 |
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All
badges can be issued in several colours to suit the colours of various
uniforms. As an example we have here 4 versions of the Skill at Arms
badge (marksmanship). The olive drab badge is standard. The 2 coloured
badges are for different Officers uniforms, the red one being Mess
Dress. The last is desert pattern. |
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2 variations of the NZ
Sniper badge |
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images from Australian Army Badges: Cloth insignia of the Army in
Australia 1860-1993 by J K Cossum ISBN 0 949530 14 X |
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