Hackles & Plumes – Distinctive Headdress Emblems

The Hackle & Plume Collection at Military Direct pays tribute to the time-honoured traditions of British military and ceremonial uniform. Used by infantry, highland regiments, fusiliers and bands, hackles (short clipped coloured feathers) and plumes (longer sprays of feather or horse-hair) express regimental identity, pride and heritage. 

Each piece is crafted to parade-standard specification: feathers or hair dyed to exact regimental colours, mounted onto wired stems or wires suitable for glengarries, feather bonnets, busbies, or other traditional headdress. Whether for Full Dress, ceremonial parade, pipe-bands or display, these headdress embellishments ensure the correct look and heritage of the uniform is maintained.

Features

• Made to UK MoD / Regimental pattern specification

• Available in Feather hackles, horse-hair plumes, and dual-colour combinations

• Colour-matched to individual regiment, corps or band standards

• Wired or mounted for secure fitment onto Glengarry, Balmoral, Feather Bonnet or Busby

• Suitable for Army infantry, Highland and Fusilier regiments, as well as bands and pipers

• Manufactured by heritage-suppliers with decades of approved production