27/08/2026
🇬🇧 ROYAL AIR FORCE REGIMENT — KING’S & QUEEN’S CROWN BADGES & DISPLAY FRAMES 🇬🇧
PER ARDUA — THROUGH ADVERSITY
For more than eight decades, the Royal Air Force Regiment has stood at the forefront of protecting RAF personnel, aircraft, airfields and operations around the world.
From its creation during the Second World War to modern operations across the globe, generations of RAF Regiment Gunners have carried forward a distinctive fighting tradition within the Royal Air Force.
We’re pleased to now have both King’s Crown and Queen’s Crown versions of the Royal Air Force Regiment badge available, alongside matching display frames from Precision Military Emblems.
✈️ THE FORMATION OF THE RAF REGIMENT
The Royal Air Force Regiment was established by Royal Warrant during the Second World War, with existing RAF airfield defence squadrons and flights incorporated into the new Regiment with effect from 1 February 1942.
The war had demonstrated just how vulnerable operational airfields could be to attack.
The creation of a dedicated RAF ground-defence force provided the Royal Air Force with personnel specifically trained to defend its airfields, aircraft and the people required to keep air operations running.
RAF Regiment officers and Gunners were trained to operate as infantry, armoured-car crewmen and air-defence artillerymen, establishing the ground-combat role that became central to the Regiment’s identity.
⚔️ FROM THE SECOND WORLD WAR TO THE MODERN ERA
The RAF Regiment’s story did not end with the Second World War.
As the Royal Air Force evolved, so did the Regiment.
RAF Regiment Gunners have subsequently served on operations around the world, including the Falklands, Balkans, Sierra Leone, Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan, while continuing to provide Force Protection for RAF assets deployed overseas.
Today, the Regiment continues its specialist ground-combat and Force Protection role in support of Royal Air Force operations.
🎖️ THE ROYAL AIR FORCE REGIMENT BADGE
The RAF Regiment badge is instantly recognisable and reflects the Regiment’s unique position as the Royal Air Force’s ground fighting force.
At its centre are the distinctive crossed rifles, surrounded by the Astral Crown — a device with a long association with the Royal Air Force.
The surrounding design carries the title:
ROYAL AIR FORCE REGIMENT
And beneath the badge sits the Regiment’s own motto:
PER ARDUA
Meaning:
“THROUGH ADVERSITY”
Importantly, this is the specific motto of the Royal Air Force Regiment, distinct from the wider Royal Air Force motto Per Ardua ad Astra — “Through Adversity to the Stars.”
👑 QUEEN’S CROWN — AN ERA OF RAF REGIMENT SERVICE
For most of the Regiment’s modern history, its insignia was worn during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.
RAF insignia of that era incorporated St Edward’s Crown, making the Queen’s Crown version particularly significant for the generations of RAF Regiment Gunners who served during Her Late Majesty’s 70-year reign.
From the Cold War through to the Falklands, the Balkans, Iraq, Afghanistan and numerous deployments around the world, the Queen’s Crown represents an enormous period of RAF Regiment history.
👑 KING’S CROWN — A NEW CHAPTER
Following the accession of King Charles III, RAF insignia began transitioning to reflect the new Sovereign.
The King personally selected the Tudor Crown to represent his sovereignty on RAF insignia, creating the King’s Crown pattern now associated with the new era.
Having both versions available allows RAF Regiment service and heritage from different periods to be represented appropriately.
Whether your service was beneath the Queen’s Crown, the King’s Crown, or you simply have a connection with the Regiment and its history, there is now a version to represent that heritage.
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👑 KING’S CROWN RAF REGIMENT BADGE
https://www.precisionmilitaryemblems.com/products/royal-air-force-regiment-badge-kings-crown-officially-licensed
🖼️ KING’S CROWN DISPLAY FRAME
https://www.precisionmilitaryemblems.com/products/royal-air-force-regiment-badge-kings-crown-display-frame-officially-licensed
👑 QUEEN’S CROWN RAF REGIMENT BADGE
https://www.precisionmilitaryemblems.com/products/raf-regimental-crest-queens-crown
🖼️ QUEEN’S CROWN DISPLAY FRAME
https://www.precisionmilitaryemblems.com/products/royal-air-force-regiment-queens-crown-emblem-display-frame
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Each piece is precision 3D printed, individually finished and made to order in Leicestershire, creating a substantial representation of RAF Regiment heritage.
The matching display-frame versions provide a complete commemorative piece for serving personnel, veterans, families, collectors and anyone with a connection to the Royal Air Force Regiment.
🛡️ Produced under official Ministry of Defence licence.
🇬🇧 Proudly made in Britain.
✈️ ROYAL AIR FORCE REGIMENT
⚔️ PER ARDUA — THROUGH ADVERSITY
