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Old 04-09-17, 09:04 AM
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Hi Fellas,
Looking for an ID on this SAS badge.
Measures 5cm x 6cm.
Thanks, in advance.
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Old 04-09-17, 09:12 AM
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Reminds me of continental made woven insignia, German perhaps and postwar, though never seen sas made this way. Interesting badge Del.
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Old 04-09-17, 09:26 AM
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Hi,
Possibly from the Bad Tolz area?
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Old 04-09-17, 09:37 AM
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Reminds me of continental made woven insignia, German perhaps and postwar, though never seen sas made this way. Interesting badge Del.
Known as "Bevo weave" ?
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Old 04-09-17, 12:06 PM
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Known as "Bevo weave" ?
That's the stuff Del, it was used postwar for allied insignia.

Bevo if German, Brabbant if Dutch.
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Old 04-09-17, 12:56 PM
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This is mine, it has been on here before, with no results.

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Old 04-09-17, 04:43 PM
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Interesting to see two slightly different variants, apart from the obvious differences they are not the same.

both are very appealing though.
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Old 05-09-17, 08:12 PM
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I've been watching a badge from the 1st Free French Division which was also manufactured like the badges shown. And I don't believe they were ever stationed in Brabant or Germany, so perhaps the style was used more widely?
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An interesting badge. In the early years of WW2 the British firm Brough, Nicholson & Hall produced silk woven badges similar to the first SAS badge szhown. Instructed by the Ministry of Supply to stop wasting precious materials their badge style disappeared about 1942.

The attached sample of the badge they made for 15th Scottish Division - sorry don't have a scan of the back - shares some characteristics with the SAS badge shown. Could they be related?

If so the SAS badge would have been made in early 1944 when the SAS came to Britain to prepare for D Day. It clearly did not get worn if that was what happened.

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Old 06-09-17, 03:27 PM
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Interesting thoughts Jon - and would mean either the Ministry of Supply relented from their instruction, or SAS had influence somewhere to be granted production by Brough, Nicholson and Hall, or production by Brough, Nicholson and Hall may have been resumed more generally at some stage. Following your previous guidance I had always assumed Brough, Nicholson and Hall insignia was early - but again you raise a very interesting potential scenario.
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The Canadian Armoured Carrier Regt had a similar Bevo weave title made in Holland, the factory was known to have made German insignia then when liberated made the Canadian title.
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Old 07-09-17, 03:57 PM
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The Canadian Armoured Carrier Regt had a similar Bevo weave title made in Holland, the factory was known to have made German insignia then when liberated made the Canadian title.
Possibly Belgium rather than Holland and known as Brabbant weave.
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Brabant is a southern province of Holland and used to be known for its textile industry, including companies specializing in clothes labels who made these.

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Old 07-09-17, 07:41 PM
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So if they are shite East German copies are they Trabant weave ?
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Old 07-09-17, 07:42 PM
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Brabant is a southern province of Holland and used to be known for its textile industry, including companies specializing in clothes labels who made these.

Rgds, Thomas.
Not sure why, but I have brabant as Belgian rather than Dutch, glad to have that corrected, though the original duchy was in Belgium and south brabant is still part of Belgium and north or staats brabant is in Holland.
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