Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Cap Badge
Official MOD-Licensed Military Reproduction
Celebrate the distinguished heritage of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, widely known as the Ox & Bucks, with this officially licensed reproduction cap badge.
Formed on 1 July 1881 as the Oxfordshire Light Infantry, the regiment brought together the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) and the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry). In 1908, Buckinghamshire was added to the regimental title, creating the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Through the 43rd and 52nd, the regiment inherited a distinguished Light Infantry tradition stretching back into the 18th century, including celebrated service during the Peninsular War and at Waterloo.
The Ox & Bucks later served through both World Wars and became particularly renowned for its role in airborne operations during the Second World War. In the opening minutes of D-Day, 6 June 1944, men of the 2nd Battalion landed by Horsa glider to seize the strategically vital bridges over the Caen Canal and River Orne, helping secure the eastern flank of the Allied landings.
In 1958, the regiment became 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd). In 1966, it became part of the newly formed Royal Green Jackets, with that lineage subsequently passing into The Rifles in 2007.
This precision reproduction faithfully recreates the distinctive Ox & Bucks strung bugle-horn cap badge, produced using high-definition 3D printing and individually hand-finished in the United Kingdom.
Product Features
Official MOD-licensed design
High-definition 3D printed reproduction
Individually handcrafted and finished
Detailed strung bugle-horn design
Produced in the United Kingdom
Made to order
Designed as a commemorative and display reproduction
Specifications
📐 Dimensions: 250 mm × 218 mm × 35 mm
🎨 Finish: Individually hand-finished to reproduce the distinctive appearance and detail of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry badge
🖨️ Manufacture: Precision 3D printed and hand-finished
🏭 Made to Order: Produced and finished in the United Kingdom
📦 Dispatch: Typically dispatched within 7–10 working days
About the Badge
The cap badge of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry is based around the traditional strung bugle horn, one of the most recognisable symbols of British Light Infantry.
The distinctive badge features a bugle suspended from an elaborate cord, tied into three prominent loops above the horn, with cords descending towards the bugle and terminating in tassels.
The bugle horn has a long association with British Light Infantry. Light Infantry historically operated in more dispersed formations, where bugle calls provided an effective means of communicating orders across the battlefield. The bugle consequently became an enduring emblem of the Light Infantry role.
For the Ox & Bucks, the badge also represents the traditions inherited from the 43rd and 52nd Regiments of Foot, whose histories became part of the regiment on its formation in 1881.
Striking in its simplicity, the classic Ox & Bucks badge carries no Royal Crown, regimental title scroll or lettering. The distinctive strung bugle horn itself provides the regimental identity.
Today, it remains an instantly recognisable emblem of the Ox & Bucks and the generations of soldiers who served under it.
Ideal For
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry veterans and families
Ox & Bucks regimental families
43rd and 52nd Regiment heritage collectors
D-Day and airborne military history collectors
Green Jackets and Royal Green Jackets veterans and collectors
British Army and cap badge collectors
Regimental collections and displays
Retirement, service and remembrance gifts
British military history enthusiasts
Official Licensed Product
Intellectual Property of the Secretary of State for Defence is used under licence. This item is produced for commemorative and display purposes and is not an official issue military insignia.
