Royal Engineers Queen's Crown Cap Badge Display Frame
Official MOD-Licensed Military Heritage Display Piece
Celebrate the proud heritage of the Corps of Royal Engineers with this officially licensed Royal Engineers Queen’s Crown Cap Badge Display Frame.
The Corps of Royal Engineers traces its formal origins to 26 May 1716, when the Board of Ordnance established a permanent Corps of Engineers to provide the British Army with specialist military engineering expertise. Originally comprising commissioned officers, the Corps later worked alongside the Corps of Royal Military Artificers, subsequently renamed the Corps of Royal Sappers and Miners. In 1787, the Corps was granted the title “Royal”, and in 1856 the two organisations were united to form the modern Corps of Royal Engineers.
For more than three centuries, Royal Engineers have served on operations across the world, constructing bridges, roads and fortifications, conducting military surveys, clearing mines and unexploded ordnance, supporting amphibious operations and providing the engineering expertise that enables the British Army to live, move and fight. Today, the Corps remains the British Army’s combat-support engineering arm, delivering specialist engineering capabilities wherever they are required.
This premium display faithfully reproduces the Queen Elizabeth II (EIIR) pattern of the Royal Engineers cap badge. Throughout the reign of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (1952–2022), the Royal Engineers cap badge incorporated the EIIR Royal Cypher beneath the Queen’s Crown (St Edward’s Crown), becoming one of the most familiar versions of the Corps’ insignia worn by generations of serving Sappers.
Presented within a premium deep shadow box display frame with a hand made military Corps-coloured backing, this display is ready to hang straight from the box and provides a lasting tribute to one of the British Army’s oldest and most respected Corps.
Product Features
- Official MOD-licensed product
- Precision 3D-printed cap badge reproduction
- Hand made military Corps-coloured frame backing
- Premium deep shadow box display frame
- Ready to hang straight from the box
- Made to order in the United Kingdom
Specifications
📐 Dimensions: 35 cm × 35 cm × 6 cm deep shadow box frame
🎨 Cap Badge: Precision 3D-printed Royal Engineers Queen’s Crown (EIIR) cap badge reproduction
🖼️ Frame Backing: Hand made military Corps-coloured backing
🏭 Made to Order: Produced in the United Kingdom
📦 Dispatch: Typically dispatched within 7–10 working days
About the Badge
The Royal Engineers cap badge is one of the British Army’s oldest and most recognisable military insignia. This display reproduces the Queen Elizabeth II (EIIR) pattern, distinguished by the Royal Cypher (EIIR) of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, enclosed within the Most Noble Order of the Garter bearing the ancient motto:
Honi soit qui mal y pense
(“Shame on him who thinks evil of it.”)
The Garter is surmounted by the Queen’s Crown (St Edward’s Crown) and surrounded by a laurel wreath, while the scroll beneath bears the title ROYAL ENGINEERS, completing the iconic cap badge design.
The EIIR Royal Cypher and Queen’s Crown identify this as the pattern worn during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II (1952–2022). Following the accession of His Majesty King Charles III on 8 September 2022, new Royal Engineers insignia began transitioning to the King’s Crown (CIIIR) pattern as new badges were manufactured and issued.
The Corps is associated with the distinction Ubique (“Everywhere”), granted by King William IV in 1832 in recognition of its worldwide service in place of individual battle honours. Unlike most regiments and corps of the British Army, the Royal Engineers do not carry individual battle honours, with Ubique recognising the Corps’ service across the world.
The Corps motto, Quo Fas et Gloria Ducunt (“Where Right and Glory Lead”), reflects the professionalism, courage and dedication that have characterised the Royal Engineers throughout more than three centuries of military engineering service.
Although Ubique and Quo Fas et Gloria Ducunt form an important part of the Corps’ heritage and heraldic identity, they do not appear on the standard Royal Engineers cap badge reproduced in this display.
Ideal For
- Royal Engineers veterans
- Serving and former Royal Engineers personnel
- Sappers
- Military engineers
- Military collectors
- Corps display collections
- Retirement and presentation gifts
- British Army memorabilia enthusiasts
Official Licensed Product
Intellectual Property of the Secretary of State for Defence is used under licence. This commemorative display piece is produced under official licence for display purposes and is not an item of official military issue.
