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Old 16-09-13, 10:16 PM
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Friends,

From an old post by Gollmarc, just to keep the reference material together: information
about the sealing of shoulder titles.

Cheers,

Johan

Post War period;

The words SPECIAL AIR SERVICE embroidered in Light blue thread into a maroon felt background. Catalogue number CB 2091, pattern number 16209, sealed 8th April 1954, vocabulary 12th July 1954, introduction into service published by List of Changes C 6140 August 1954. Replaced all previous titles. NATO Stock number CB 8455-99-135-9878.

And.

The words SPECIAL AIR SERVICE over (ARTISTS) embroidered in Light blue thread into a maroon felt background. Catalogue number CB 1516, pattern number 15649, sealed 26th March 1953, vocabulary 13th October 1953, introduction into service published by List of Changes C 5635 November 1953.

Marc

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