British WW2 Royal Welch Fusiliers Flash

British WW2 Royal Welch Fusiliers Flash. The Flash is a regimental distinction of the Royal Welch Fusiliers that is shared by no other regiment in the British army. It dates back to the 18th century when soldiers had long hair and wore it in a braided queueu. Later on they wore these ribbons from the collar of their coats. The Welch Fusiliers liberated parts of the south of the Netherlands in 1944.