O.c.a. Badge

[sandmaster]

I have a pin badge marked O.C.A. France Flanders. It features the Welsh Dragon in the centre surrounded by a wreath topped by a crown. It is of a silver coloured metal, untarnished and looks new but it must relate to WW1 or WW2. I wonder if any veteran or medal collector would be kind enough to let me know the history of this badge.

[shoota]

I believe that O.C.A. stands for Old Comrades Association and can be applied to veterans of (say) the Parachute Regiment or The Signal Corps or some Welsh regiment?

[shoota]

The Royal Welsh Regiment?
https://berlin-military.com/The-Royal-Welsh-Regiment-Collar-Badges

[woofgang]

If its an OCA badge it might well be brand new.

[sandmaster]

It was with my grandfather's medals and he fought in France during WW1. He died early 1950s. So I guess old comrades association may be correct. The front is bright but the back shows its age.

[shoota]

Was he in the Royal Welsh Sandmaster?

[Brazil14]

I've got one the same! From my grandfather who fought in France in WW1. He was Welsh. I have discovered that today's Royal-Welsh was back in 1916, the 38th (Welsh) Infantry Division which contained the Royal Welch Fusiliers, the South Wales Borderers and the Welch Regiment. They fought in the Battle of the Somme and at Mametz Wood. My grandfather told me (decades ago!) that he was at Arras 'Hindenburg Line', Bourlon Wood, Cambrai and then Bonn (Golsheim). I can't find any trace of him in wartime records though. As for the badge, it's still a mystery as I can't trace the Old Comrades Assoc.