Hi Colin,
Fascinating indeed this is published 74 years after the war. I agree that especially in Germany in 1945 SAS is also seen wearing AAC badges and suspect this has to do with the infamous kommando befehl. SAS were also ordered to wear RTR berets and badges for that reason.
No info on the parawing metal badge pinned on BD.
Cheerio,
JB
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Originally Posted by Colin S
Fascinating to see a Dutch SAS connection. One of the photos shown in the video shows small metal British type para wings being worn above the right pocket but they are not the Irvin or GQ type. Anyone have any information on them?
Quite a few of the photos of the SAS in Germany in 1945 show the AAC badge being worn instead of the “winged dagger”. This may have been a precaution against Hitler’s notorious Commando Order, which was known to the SAS by then, and could be part of a desire to appear as just an advance recce unit of the regular airborne forces rather than special forces?
Also, the video shows the airborne version of Battledress trousers but with large pocket on the right leg. I checked but it is not the usual case of the negative being reversed and you can see the normal left leg map pocket, so it must have been a personal modification.
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