![]() Personnel serving with the United Nations on international peacekeeping missions Transmission troops and some engineer units "General service" beret with lion badge worn on training by all troops ( Obsolete) Infantry, chasseurs à pieds and Belgian United Nations Command (during the Korean War) Paracommando Immediate Reaction Cell (HQ), 1 Para, 3 Para, Special Forces Group, Parachute Training Centre (No metal cap badge, but embroidered crest) - Navy component (Formerly also naval infantry with metal badge)įormer Land component light aviation (now part of Air Component) (Large-brimmed, basque type with folded-in brim and wild boar's head badge ) - Chasseurs Ardennais Members of cavalry units all wear silver-coloured badges.Īrmoured troops, guides (scouts), chasseurs à cheval and some engineer unitsĢ Commando, Paracommando Field Artillery and the Commando Training Centre ![]() Berets vary in colour according to the regiment, and carry a badge (sometimes on a coloured shield-shaped patch) which is of gilt for officers, silver for non-commissioned officers and bronze for other ranks. Since World War II they have been adopted by all units. Initially, the only unit of the Belgian military to wear berets were the Chasseurs Ardennais from the 1930s. Tank and armored infantry ( Panzergrenadier)Ģ5th (Airborne) Infantry Battalion ( Jägerbataillon 25)ġst and 2nd Command Support Battalion, Command Support SchoolĬBRN Defense School, Austrian Forces Disaster Relief Unit ( AFDRU)Īthletes and other members of Armed Forces Sports CentersĪustrian military personnel serving in UN peacekeeping missionsĪ detachment of the 2nd/4th Regiment Mounted Rifles at the 2007 Bastille Day Military Parade An exception are members of the special forces ( Jagdkommando): after successfully completing the Basic Special Forces Course ( Jagdkommandogrundkurs), they wear the Special Forces Badge ( Jagdkommandoabzeichen) instead of the coat of arms on their berets. The Austrian coat of arms is worn on the left side of the beret (officers in gold, NCOs in silver, enlisted personnel as well as conscripts in dark grey). 3 Security Forces Squadron RAAF personnel with the exception of explosive ordnance disposal technicians Īustrian green beret with silver coat of arms ![]() Personnel serving with the United NationsĪppointments to the Multinational Force and Observers Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps unless posted to an armoured or aviation unit 176 Air Dispatch Squadron, Air Movements Training and Development Unit, Australian Defence Force Parachuting School, and other parachute riggersġst Commando Regiment and 2nd Commando Regiment Parachute qualified personnel posted to No. Royal Australian Corps of Military Police By country A Afghanistan Īustralian and US paratroopers exchange wings during Talisman Sabre 2011 Australian Army ColourĪll members of the army who are not eligible to wear a specific one The United States Army Special Forces adopted a darker green beret in 1955, although it was not officially approved until 1961. The wearing of berets of distinctive colors by elite special forces originated with the British Parachute Regiment, whose maroon beret was officially approved in July 1942, followed by the Commando Forces whose green beret was approved in October of that year. German Panzertruppen also adopted a black beret or Schutzmütze in 1934, which included a rubber skull cap as head protection inside. The beret was found particularly practical as a uniform for armored vehicle crews the British Royal Tank Regiment adopted a black beret which would not show oil stains and was officially approved in 1924. īerets have features that make them attractive to the military they are cheap, easy to make in large numbers, can be manufactured in a wide range of colors encouraging esprit de corps, can be rolled up and stuffed into a pocket or beneath the shirt epaulette without damage, and can be worn with headphones. This was so unfamiliar a fashion outside France that it had to be described in the Encyclopædia Britannica of 1911 as "a soft cap or tam o'shanter". These mountain troops were issued with a uniform which included several features which were innovative for the time, notably the large and floppy blue beret which they still retain. The French Chasseurs alpins, created in the early 1880s, were the first regular unit to wear the military beret as a standard headgear. ![]() A French chasseur alpin in World War I, with their distinctive large beret ![]()
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