Historical information

The origins of the Royal Australian Engineers date back to 15th November 1860 when the Corps of Engineers was founded in Victoria by Peter Scratchley.
By 1876, five of the six colonies - New South Wales , Victoria ,Queensland ,Tasmania and Western Australia - had raised their own engineer units.
The RAE is ranked fourth in seniority in the Corp of the Australian Army.

Physical description

Silver and Gold coloured hat badge showing outer laurel wreath surrounding gold St Edwards Crown with inner gold belt and ER in centre.

Inscriptions & markings

The inner gold belt is inscribed Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense. (Meaning - in French -" Evil be to him who evil thinks."
Below the wreath in gold are the words "Royal Australian Engineers."
The centre has the gold " E R ".