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==Regimental flash==
The flash, also known as a pagri (puggaree) badge, or Foreign Service Helmet badge, was generally affixed to the pagri on the sun helmet. The Royal Horse Artillery had a square red/blue flash divided diagonally (red to the front) and with a grenade badge affixed, the Royal Field Artillery had a rectangular flash of equal parts red/blue. The Royal Garrison Artillery had the same colours but in a diamond shape during the 2nd Boer War. Red always to the front.<ref> Stuart_Bates. [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=3267#p12850 Foreign Service Helmet Markings 84th Batt RA 1901] ''Victorian Wars Forum'' 14 May 2010. Retrieved 5 March 2016.</ref>
It is difficult to identify Foreign Service (Wolseley Pattern) helmet flashes because the type of black & white film used at that time distorted coloration. <ref>FROGSMILE. [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=164297&p=1597197 Help needed ID-ing unit flash on pith helmet] ''Great War Forum'' 30 May 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2016.</ref>
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