Emu Plumes Feathers for Slouch Hat

Grandga Emu plumes and Tufts

Australian Army Slouch Hat Plumes
As worn by the Australian Light Horse and now the Royal Australian Armored Corps

100% real Emu feather Plumes Grandga Emu Plumes Grandga is a registered name. ABN 45641978741

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 My standard plume is made with over 160 emu feathers, 20cm long that comply with ASOD, volume 2 part 3, Army dress manual. for use with current uniforms and historical groups. They come bonded in a black leather pouch.

The tufts also

comply with ASOD, volume 2 part 3, Army dress manual.

Used with the black Beret

My Thick plume is made with over 240 emu feathers, 20cm long that comply with ASOD, volume 2 part 3, Army dress manual. for use with current uniforms and historical groups. They come bonded in a white leather pouch.

Photo of new set of Emu feathers for Aust. Slouch Hat (Hats in photos not included)
with leather binding.

For ease of identifying the different type of plumes, Thick plumes are in white leathers, Standard plumes are in Black and 25cm plumes are in Brown.

Standard plumes have over 160 feathers and the thick plumes have over 240 feathers both of them comply with Army Dress Manual.

Special orders

The 25cm long plume dose not comply, It is meant for historical groups. I make them as a special order

Special 25cm long
(subject to available of feathers)
100% real Emu feathers DO NOT comply with ASOD, volume 2 part 3, about 144 feathers  made to order. For use with historical groups

The emu plume

Slouch hats worn by members of the Armoured Corps are adorned with emu plumes.

This tradition originated with the Queensland Mounted Infantry during the great shearers’ strike in 1891. During this time, the Queensland Mounted Infantry were called out to aid the civil power.

As time permitted, the soldiers would ride their horses alongside emus, pluck the breast feathers, and place them on their hats. The Gympie Squadron was the first to wear the feathers and the rest of the regiment soon followed. The Queensland government permitted the Regiment to adopt the plume as part of its uniform in recognition of its service.

In 1915, the Minister for Defence, Sir G. F. Pearce, granted all units of the Australian Light Horse permission to wear the plume, which they referred to as ‘kangaroo feathers’.

Emu tufts of approved design and dimensions are now worn by all members of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps.

The Plume in the photo is made from the breast feathers typical of Emu's. Softer and white with a black tip

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