Irish Guards Officer's Cap Badge, Part Of the Household Division, One of The King's Personal Foot Bodyguard. HRH Katherine, The Princess of Wales is The Regiment's Colonel

The very same form of badge as worn by HRH The Prince of Wales, the former Colonel of the regiment, who was replaced as Colonel by the well beloved HRH, Katherine, Princess of Wales. Irish Guards Officers cap badge, Circa 1980's, fretted centre with enamel back plate, in excellent condition with a lovely patina, a scarce officers badge. The Irish Guards (IG), part of the Guards Division, is one of the Foot Guards regiments of the British Army and, together with the Royal Irish Regiment, it is one of the two Irish infantry regiments in the British Army.

The Irish Guards recruit in Northern Ireland and the Irish neighbourhoods of major British cities. Although restrictions in the Republic of Ireland's Defence Act make it illegal to induce, procure or persuade enlistment of any citizen of the Republic of Ireland into the military of another state, people from the Republic do enlist in the regiment.

One way to distinguish between the five regiments of Foot Guards is the spacing of the buttons on their tunics. The Irish Guards have buttons arranged in groups of four as they were the fourth Foot Guards regiment to be founded. They also have a prominent St. Patrick's blue plume on the right side of their bearskins.

Code: 21473