SAS cap badge and jump wings
 

These turned up in a house clearance lot and whilst the pale blue of the winged dagger has washed out in my photograph it is definitely there.

As these are the first SAS badges that I have ever owned I would be pleased to hear your thoughts about their authenticity, good or bad.

All good mate. Circa 1970-80's.

Excellent. Many thanks.

Beret badge
 

Hi,

Please note that beret badge is unshaped, as issued and also as sold by military tailors at the time. They would be cut into a shield shape and sewn on the beret. This explains the wide variations of beret badge shapes!

Cheers,

Johan

Yes Johan, and the sometimes bizarrely off centre shields.....

Many thanks.

Mutilated beret badges
 

You are quite right, mate!

It is not so easy, even for an experienced tailor, to cut a proper shield shape. I have seen a lot of weird shapes, some beret badges sewn on uncut and some beret badges absolutely FUBAR!

Cheers,

Johan

Agreed Johan:

These two later wings came from the same house clearance bloke as the first two wings and SAS cloth badge. It seems that he is clearing a house where an elderly relative collected badges and the family are disposing of his collection. There are a few nice items and a lot of mundane items.

Your thoughts on these three items would be appreciated.

Thank you.

The wings are very modern Special Forces Communicators wings for 18 Sig Regt. They started to be worn circa 2012/13.

Many thanks, I do wonder where the old boy was getting this stuff from. That said, Shropshire isn't a million miles from Hereford.

Simon.