Immediately after the name 1st Cavalry Regiment was adopted, a Squadron competition was held to design a distinctive badge for the Regiment. Since the unit was intended largely to carry out the role of reconnaissance ("the eyes of the ADF") a bird of prey seemed the logical emblem. The Australian Wedge Tailed Eagle, with its keenness of sight and its ability to roam over large distances, was finally selected as the model for a badge. A competition was run within the unit and won by the orderly room corporal, Corporal T. C. Burgess. Early in 1967, the 2nd Cavalry Regiment received its new badge, a wedge tailed eagle swooping, carrying a lance bearing the motto "Courage" in its talons.
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Hat Badge
Collar Badges
B Squadron Sports Patch
Battledress shoulder flash - worn from 1960
