For TTN, I still have my original beret, now 52 years old, but considerably less than one year's wear. Original gold wire badge too suitably abraided (OP
) and tarnished (but I was assured it was gold).
Fits well and properly shaped. I think it is still smart - the beret that is, not the wearing thereof - but that is because I attacked it with a stiff wire Hush Puppy brush.