10th Battalion (The Adelaide Rifles) – Brass hat badge (1948-53)

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Description: 10th Battalion (The Adelaide Rifles) – Brass hat badge (1948-53).

Maker’s Name: N/A

Condition: Very Good

Comments: 10th Battalion (The Adelaide Rifles) – Brass hat badge (1948-53). Complete with 2 lugs.

In 1948, when Australia’s part time military force was re-raised as the Citizens Military Force (CMF), the 10th Battalion returned to the order of battle, readopting the designation of The Adelaide Rifles. Throughout the 1950s, as part of Central Command, the battalion provided training for national servicemen until 1960 when a widespread re-organisation of the CMF saw the creation of six State-based multi-battalion regiments as the smaller, regional regiments of the past were consolidated. As a result, the 10th Battalion became subsumed into the Pentropic 1st Battalion, Royal South Australia Regiment, providing two companies: ‘D’ (The Adelaide Company) and ‘E’ (The Port Adelaide Company).