Updated Army Service Dress project

[Kilted]

Was 2013 the year the pips and crowns came back? If that is true, we have officers and NCM's who have known nothing but pips and crowns, Executive Curls and Pearl Gray RCAF stripes.

Also, some units never stopped wearing Crowns and Pips on certain orders of dress. We had to learn both systems.

 

[MacNav63]

Somehow or other Dad got away with wearing his pre-unification ordnance corps mess kit, complete with pips and crowns, until he retired from the regular force in '87.

 

[Rifleman62]

In days past British Rifle Regt Officers never wore ranks on their Mess Kit as everyone knew their brother officers.
Don't know if that continues.

 

[OldSolduer]

Somehow or other Dad got away with wearing his pre-unification ordnance corps mess kit, complete with pips and crowns, until he retired from the regular force in '87.

Their is usually a clause that states that if a member had mess kit before the change they can continue to wear it.

 

[daftandbarmy]

In days past British Rifle Regt Officers never wore ranks on their Mess Kit as everyone knew their brother officers.
Don't know if that continues.

The Black Mafia?

I always assumed their shoulder rank badges were torn off by the boots of their bosses who were using them to career climb higher

 

[boredtoon]

Your right they likely aren’t going anywhere anytime soon, but that doesn’t excuse the stupidity involved. At the bare minimum they should have Canadianized the pips and used some honour in the Canadian system as the basis (or maple leafs or something).

They did this, with the Vimy star a few years back, replaced the 3 crowns at the centre of the pip with a maple leaf. called it the Vimy Star, as opposed to the Bath Star. Then quietly reversed it. I still have a bunch in a box at home.

 

[Maxman1]

I'm basically on board with these changes, but must admit there are times that I wished we looked to the French for some of their uniforms and practices.

 

[Maxman1]

They did this, with the Vimy star a few years back, replaced the 3 crowns at the centre of the pip with a maple leaf. called it the Vimy Star, as opposed to the Bath Star. Then quietly reversed it. I still have a bunch in a box at home.

And it doesn't even show up on cloth slip ons, and is barely visible on metal DEU ranks.

 

[RangerRay]

I would be on board with changing the pips to maple leaves.

Many of the Commonwealth republics’ armies have retained the “pips and crowns” but changed the symbols, if only the crown.