Editing Special Air Service (section)

=={{anchor|winged dagger}}Uniform distinctions==
[[Image:SASWings.png|thumb|SAS pattern parachute wings]]
Normal barracks headdress is the [[Tan beret|sand-coloured beret]],<ref name=g150/> its [[cap badge]] is a downward pointing [[Excalibur]], wreathed in flames (often incorrectly referred to as a winged dagger) worked into the cloth of a [[Crusades|Crusader]] [[shield]] with the motto ''[[Who Dares Wins]]''.{{Dubious|Cap badge insignia|date=November 2022}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1552242.stm|title=Profile: The SAS|work=BBC News|access-date=9 January 2011|date=2 November 2001|archive-date=26 July 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726200849/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1552242.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>{{#tag:ref|Designed by Bob Tait in 1941, it is a flaming sword<!-- PLEASE DO ''not'' CHANGE THIS WITHOUT REFERRING TO THE TALK PAGE -->, although it is often known as a winged dagger.<ref name=st57>Stevens, p. 57</ref>|group=nb}} SAS pattern [[Parachutist Badge (United Kingdom)|parachute wings]], designed by Lieutenant [[Jock Lewes]] and based on the stylised sacred [[ibis]] of [[Isis]] of Egyptian [[iconography]] depicted in the décor of [[Shepheard's Hotel]] in Cairo, are worn on the right shoulder.<ref>Davis, p. 67</ref> Its [[Uniforms of the British Army#No. 1: Temperate ceremonial uniform|ceremonial No 1 dress uniform]] is distinguished by a light-blue stripe on the trousers. Its [[stable belt]] is a shade of blue similar to the blue stripe on the No 1 dress uniform.<ref name=g150/>