One for the 'experts'...

[NEMO]

Hi
comming to this excellent thread a bit late was gonna say get a copy of `theirs is the glory` to see plenty shots of Maxteds beret but u guys have this covered ...........an if u have never seen this film boy are u in for a treat ......get the wife an kids to bed tonight a bottle of JD an just enjoy ........... near perfect .

[fougasse1940]

Originally Posted by SAS1

Fougasse, I'm afraid youre wrong, Luc gets the lollipop today. It is indeed Stan Maxted in a still from the 1946 film 'Theirs is the Glory', although made using veterans of the Arnhem battle, presumably in the same uniforms they had worn the year before (It was made in 1945). Interesting combination though...

Bear in mind that not all footage for 'Theirs is the Glory' was shot post-War, it also uses original wartime footage, this particular scene was filmed at Fairford on 17 Sept. 1944.
Perhaps Luc is chivalrous enough to share the lollipop?

Rgds,

Thomas.

[Brigade Piron]

Originally Posted by Mike Jackson

Prompted by the above - can anyone identify the formation sign worn by (according to the caption) a "non-BBC correspendent". Photograph taken in NW Europe, probably 1945. It looks to me like a square bearing an ornate cross with a saltire or crossed swords superimposed. The cross is somewhat remniscent of the style of cross on some Polish metal insignia of the period.

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This may be a stupid answer, but could it be the US 6th Army Group patch?

[Luc]

Originally Posted by fougasse1940

shivalrous enough to share the lollipop?

Yes, but I get to go first.

[Mike Jackson]

Originally Posted by Brigade Piron

This may be a stupid answer, but could it be the US 6th Army Group patch?

That's a distinct possibility. It fits with time and place too.
Mike