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====Royal Marines==== {{Stack|{{multiple image | align = Left | direction= horizontal | width = 100 | image1 = RM_officer%27s,_WO1_%26_WO2.jpg| Subdued example of cap badge of officers. | image2 = RM_beret_badge.jpg| Subdued example of cap badge of other ranks. | footer = Subdued versions of junior officers' (left) and other ranks' (right) Royal Marine cap badges. }}}} In the [[Royal Marines]], cap badges are worn on peaked caps and berets. Those of [[Royal Navy officer rank insignia#Royal Marines|commissioned officers]] below the rank of colonel are split in two, the crown and lion atop, but separated from, the globe and laurels. They are brass and silver. Those of [[Royal Navy other rank insignia#Royal_Marines|other ranks]] are of the same design but not split in two. They are plain brass. Blackened or subdued versions of both variants, those of officers and other ranks, are worn on berets, with [[Combat_uniform#United_Kingdom|combat uniforms]]. The lion and crown denote a royal regiment, conferred by [[George III|King George III]] in 1802. The globe was chosen by [[George IV|King George IV]] to reflect their successes around the world. The [[Laurel wreath|laurels]] honour their gallantry at the [[Capture of Belle Île]] in 1761. In the [[Royal Marines Band Service]], the Portsmouth band and CTCRM band have different cap badges from the rest of the Corps.<ref>[https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/-/media/royal-navy-responsive/documents/reference-library/br-3-vol-1/chapter-40.pdf Royal Marines Badges of Rank and Insignia]. BR 3 Chapter 40. [[Royal Navy]].</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.royalmarinesbands.co.uk/reference/FS_rank.htm |title=Badges of rank and other badges of the Royal Marines Band Service |access-date=2020-08-07 |archive-date=2013-07-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729140404/http://www.royalmarinesbands.co.uk/reference/FS_rank.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Special Boat Service|SBS]] also has its own cap badge.<ref name="Globe2003">{{cite magazine|magazine=The Globe & Laurel – The journal of the Royal Marines|author1=OC SBS|title=The New SBS Cap Badge|publisher=Simpson Drewett & Co Ltd|location=Richmond, Surrey|date=November–December 2003|issn=0017-1204}}</ref><ref name=pickup>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/special-forces-obituaries/5309727/Col-Richard-Pickup.html |title=Col Richard Pickup – Obituary |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=11 May 2009 |access-date=9 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100525112932/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/special-forces-obituaries/5309727/Col-Richard-Pickup.html |archive-date=25 May 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> <gallery mode="packed"> File:BrigadirsCap_Badge.jpg|Cap badge of RM colonels and brigadiers. File:Evening_Parade_140718-M-GR671-024.jpg|Brass and silver cap badges of Royal Marines junior officers. File:Marine_Cadet.jpg|Plain brass cap badge of RM other ranks. This version is also worn by [[Royal Marines Cadets]] of the rank of [[Colour sergeant#United Kingdom|Colour Sergeant]] or below. </gallery>
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