| CURRENT HEAD GEAR BADGES | |
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| Officers peak cap device in bullion thread. There is a Metal version of this badge to be worn on the sidecap. | Officers’s Cap badge – worn on Side Caps and older berets. This consists of two badges – The Ashoka emblem and the IAF eagle which are bolted onto a metal plate which is placed inside the cap. |
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| Embroidered Cap Badge for Berets. The embroidered patch is worn on the berets when worn on the field dress. | Airman’s Cap badge – worn on Peak Caps, Side Caps or berets. Similar to the Officers badge above, but with a wreath and the legend Bharatiya Vayus Sena in Hindi. |
| PREVIOUS HEAD GEAR BADGES | |
| World War Two era Officer and OR’s Sidecap badge. Since the letter ‘R’ is missing, this would put the badge in the pre-1945 era. |  |
Acknowledgements: Beret Cloth Badge courtesy of David Zothanasanga