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Forum: Formation Signs and Patches 02-03-12, 08:21 AM
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Posted By REME245
The Booklet may be the program for service at...

The Booklet may be the program for service at Salisbury Cathedial when they then went on to unveil the memorial on Castle Hill Mere. One of a number of memorials to the division in the South West.
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Forum: Formation Signs and Patches 01-03-12, 08:15 AM
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Posted By REME245
This is in theroy the first printed pattern but I...

This is in theroy the first printed pattern but I am always a bit suspicious over however many unissued examples turn up.
Forum: Formation Signs and Patches 29-02-12, 05:46 PM
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Posted By REME245
Is the material quite stiff on this badge like...

Is the material quite stiff on this badge like mine?
Forum: Formation Signs and Patches 30-03-11, 05:16 PM
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Posted By REME245
Another over-woven printed badge which seems like...

Another over-woven printed badge which seems like quite a common practice.
Forum: Formation Signs and Patches 02-02-11, 08:15 AM
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Posted By REME245
The printed examples at the bottom of this...

The printed examples at the bottom of this picture are reputed to be the first pattern of printed badge but I have yet to see the evidence to prove this.

My current assumption unless someone is...
Forum: Formation Signs and Patches 26-08-09, 07:31 AM
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Posted By REME245
John The additional picture you have posted...

John

The additional picture you have posted for me is identical to the reproduction I posted earlier in this thread.

Are you happy that yours is correct as it is not a pattern I have observed...
Forum: Formation Signs and Patches 24-08-09, 04:17 PM
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Posted By REME245
What individuals did on walkingout battledress is...

What individuals did on walkingout battledress is another thing all together.

The badge is period so some enterprising military out-fitters must have manufactured them.

A clearer shot of the...
Forum: Formation Signs and Patches 24-08-09, 06:58 AM
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Posted By REME245
No offical order but obviously one of the vast...

No offical order but obviously one of the vast range of unoffical badges produced privately for sale to soldiers during WW2.
Forum: Formation Signs and Patches 23-08-09, 08:30 AM
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Posted By REME245
The example facing right in my picture is...

The example facing right in my picture is original so a few unoffical badges did make it into production.
Forum: Formation Signs and Patches 21-08-09, 01:38 PM
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Posted By REME245
Another horrible reproduction. ...

Another horrible reproduction.
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Forum: Formation Signs and Patches 20-08-09, 11:27 AM
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Posted By REME245
Your badge with the red claws/feet is a printed...

Your badge with the red claws/feet is a printed badge which has been over-embroidered.

These are not uncommon and come in lots of different variations as it was a cottage industry making them (see...
Forum: Formation Signs and Patches 18-08-09, 07:21 AM
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Posted By REME245
Its slightly different to the normal pattern but...

Its slightly different to the normal pattern but I would still say original.

The one to watch out as all the repro badge manufacturers make it is this pattern. Although originals do exist I...
Forum: Formation Signs and Patches 09-07-09, 06:59 AM
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Posted By REME245
43rd Wessex Division

In Jon Mills article in the current edition of the Armourer Magazine he uses one of these Wyverns as an example of a WW2 Formation sign.

I had always assumed this particular version to be a crude...
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