Feather bonnet age?

[48HofC]

Civilian pipe bands and pipers have been wearing military cap badges forever it seems with the Highland regiments being most popular. At the World pipe band championships you could see bands wearing Gordon, Argyll, Queens Own Highrs,etc badges, so it is still prevalent today. Many bands had loose affiliations with the old regiments, be it through old associations, ex servicemen starting the band, the list goes on. Some soldiers/ex soldiers do take issue with it, but the MOD doesn't care anymore because none of the badges are worn by any active regiments and in many cases permission was sought and given.

With regards to the mounting holes on the bonnet, my regular glengarry badge is spaced different than the staff badge I wore on my feather bonnet, so that is another consideration. As far as I know, the only bonnet dicing that can only be attributed to a particular regiment and not copied, is the vandyke (zig zag) pattern on first the Scots Greys then the RSDG's.