British Battle Insignia (2): 1939-45 (Men-at-Arms) (Bk.2)

By the New Year of 1940 the War Office had agreed in principle to (a) the enhancement of officers' badges of rank with cloth in the colour of the arm-of-service; (b) strips of cloth in the same colours to be worn at the top of the sleeves by all ranks; and (c) the wearing of regimental flashes on Battledress. And so the rules for the wearing of battle insignia throughout the British Army were established. How far they were obeyed and how often they were ignored will become obvious to anyone reading Mike Chappell's splendid companion work to Men-At-Arms 182.Mike Chappell is the author of 'British Battle Insignia (2): 1939-45 (Men-at-Arms) (Bk.2)', published 2010 under ISBN 9780850457391 and ISBN 0850457394.