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4th/7th The Royal Dragoon Guards Cap Badge (WM)

This Sale is for a Cap Badge as formerly worn by the 4th/7th The Royal Dragoon Guards. In 1992 under 'Option's for Change' the Regiment was amalgamated with the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards to form The Royal Dragoon Guards (RDG).
Very rare brand new and unissued White metal ORs Cap Badge, approx. 45mm high, complete with it's mounted lugs and Brass split pin.

Guaranteed new/unissued and in mint condition.

Brief Regimental History

4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards (Recruiting)

The 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards was a Cavalry Regiment of the British Army from 1922 to 1992.

It was formed in India in 1922 by the amalgamation of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards and 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's), as the 4th/7th Dragoon Guards; it gained the distinction Royal in 1935. The regiment returned to the UK in 1929, was mechanised in 1938, and transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps in 1939 prior to the outbreak of the Second World War.

The 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards parade with their new Standard Beaverette reconnaissance cars, 25 July 1940.

World War II

In 1939, equipped with Vickers Mk.VI light tanks it deployed to France with the British Expeditionary Force, as the Reconnaissance Regiment of the 2nd Infantry Division under l Corps. It participated in the Battle of France, fighting in northern France and Belgium, and evacuated from Dunkirk in Operation Dynamo. The personnel of the Regiment landed in England on 3 June 1940, having abandoned their vehicles.

mk vib of the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards 1940

After re-equipping with Beaverette armoured cars, the Regiment was posted to 1st Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade, and then, in December 1940 to the 27th Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade, part of 9th Armoured Division, equipped with Covenanter tanks.

Churchill stands on a Covenanter tank of 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards

At this time, a small group of personnel was detached to form the Cadre of a new Regiment, the 22nd Dragoons. In 1943 the regiment joined 79th Armoured Division, equipping with amphibious Valentine tanks, and later re-equipping with M4 Sherman DD tanks.

Sherman DD in rough seas off Studland

Under command of the 8th Armoured Brigade, the Regiment landed on King Green, Gold Beach, at 0720 hrs on 6th June 1944 as part of the D-Day (Operation Overlord) landings, supporting the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division.

Sherman Tank, A Sqn, 4th/7th RDG

The Regiment later participated in the battle for the Falaise pocket, and as part of the Armoured forces in Operation Market Garden - the Regiment pushing as far as Driel, on the south bank of the Rhine a couple of miles from Arnhem. Among other notable achievements, it was the first Armoured unit to cross the Seine.

The Regimental Memorial at Creully, Normandy

Post World War II

The Regiment ended the war in Bremerhaven, and a year later was deployed to Palestine for a tour of duty lasting from 1946-1948. The Regiment was then deployed to Libya in June 1948, rotated back to England in November 1952, and then to Lumsden Barracks in Fallingbostel, West Germany in 1954 as part of 7th Armoured Division.
The Regiment returned to England in October 1959 and then went to York Barracks in Munster in August 1962, from where it deployed a squadron to Aden in 1965. It was posted to Lisanelly Barracks in Omagh, Northern Ireland on a two-year tour in September 1966, from where it sent a squadron to Cyprus in December 1967 as part of the UN forces. It was sent to Athone Barracks in Sennelager in March 1969, and after returning to the UK in June 1973, went back to Lumsden Barracks in Fallingbostel in October 1976. It returned to the UK again in March 1981 and was then posted to Hobart Barracks in Detmold in April 1983.

Amalgamation

Following the reduction of forces at the end of the Cold War and proposals contained in the 'Option's for Change' paper, the regiment was amalgamated with the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, to form the new Royal Dragoon Guards Regiment in 1992.

4th/7th Dragoon Guards 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards

Commanders

Active	1922 - 1992
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Royal Armoured Corps
Role	Armoured - Main Battle Tank
Size	Regiment (550 all rks)
Motto	Quis Seperabit (Latin - who shall separate us).
March	(Quick) St Patrick's Day. (Slow) Regiment slow match of the 4th Royal Dragoon Guards (amalgam of the slow marches of the 4th & 7th Dragoon Guards)
Anniversaries	Normandy Day (6th June), Dettigen Day (27th June).
Current commander	Defunct

MILITARY - BRITISH ARMY

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