Cyphers and personal badges are of gilt metal when worn with orders of dress 1, 2, or 3. Embroidered cyphers and badges are worn as an exception with operational clothing.
The distinguishing cyphers and badges shall not be worn by CAF members after they cease to hold the personal appointments. His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh.Ī small Cypher, 2.4 cm high and 2.4 cm wide, including a fixed Crown, for wear with mess dress.a large Cypher, 3.1 cm high and 3.1 cm wide, including a fixed Crown, for wear with ceremonial and service dress uniforms, topcoats (gabardines) and rain-coats and.Two sizes of the Royal Cypher have been approved as follows: The shoulder device is a Royal Cypher surmounted by the Crown, both of gilt metal.