TTH - no I didnt know that, and I rather wish I had been able to retain my "mudgards"
Of course
TTN, as I'm sure you do know, as a Retired Officer there are occasions when you may wear a No 1 or No 5.
Should you choose to do so, it would of be entirely appropriate that they conformed to
current dress regs.
The rules are a little complicated, but are what the CG asked for.
A gunner or JNCO who remusters to another trade can only wear them as an airman or JNCO, so - for example - an ex-gunner loadie could not wear the mudguards as a SNCO - unless he's been an SNCO/WO in the Regt. So I guess we could have the anomaly whereby say a Cpl gunner remusters to another trade - he could wear the mudguards until he reached Sgt - when he would have to remove them! An ex-SNCO/WO Regt can wear them at any non-commissioned rank.
Similarly, only those who have (successfully!) completed JROC may wear the mudguards as an officer - of any branch. So a gunner - even an SNCO or WO - may not wear the mudguards as an officer in another branch.
But you can!