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Originally Posted by Mike Jackson
A real design originating in North Africa post Op Torch or in Italy I believe, but this is far from being a genuine item. It's about as authentic as the LRDG titles and other "WW2 SF" items listed by the same vendor. There must be a genuine SF HQ flash out there somewhere, but I've never seen one.
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Information from FS153 Jan-Mar 89:
SF HQ - HQ formed in late 1944 to act as liaison between SOE and OSS. A dark blue disc, white letters SF and red HQ. Worn on left shoulder by OSS personnel. (The line drawing that accompanied this showed the letters S and F being the same height).
Mike