[badjez]

I think Jon Mills has a book on shoulder titles in the pipeline. I would recommend membership of the Military Heraldry Society to anyone interested in cloth items.

Until recent times Formation Signs have never been Ordnance issue, having been produced to local order, to an approved design, by the formation concerned.

The first unofficial formation signs were woven privately from Egyptian cotton.
These were supplemented by hand embroidered items, both commercial and made by local Women's Institutes. The first sanctioned, mass produced items were the printed badges made by the Calico Printers Association. The liberation of Europe led to Dutch companies producing woven badges, later the BAOR supplemented these with German manufactured Be-Vo weave items. (The Desert rats in the first thread are of that era).

Now open the flood gates of further information.

Stephen.