Today's Goodies

These are latest additions. Most were glued to a torn National Service canvas kit bag and had to be removed individually and carefully.

Lot 1:

1st Army Group RA
50th Inf. Division WWII (pair)
Lancs & Border District
59th Inf. Division WWII
VIII Corps
49th Inf. Division WWII
Yorks & Northumberland
Para jump (possibly RAF)
RAC Training Bde
1st Guards (pair)
Guards Armoured Division WWII
Rhine Army Troops (BAOR)
?
Royal Engineers (Army Corps)
1st Army Corps WWII
?
? woven
EOD
Northern Home Command (post war)
London District (upside down)
Catterick Garrison
AA Command
11th Armoured Division (pair)

Lot 2:
No. 2 Commando (upside down) poss. repro?
British Toops in Berlin
1st or 6th Armoured Div. WWII (two identical)
East Anglia Brigade (TA)
Cut down Catterick Garrison
Coast Artillery Training Centre, SW District
44th (Home Counties) Inf. Div. (TA)
Airborne (pair)
25th Armoured Brigade
Combined Operations
Gurkha Para poss. repro?
Combined Operations
Air Formation Signals (pair)

[GTB]

Feels like previous owner was ex-BAOR??
GTB

[Mike Jackson]

The unidentified ones are VIII Corps (White knight on charger), East Anglian Brigade (TA units) and a cut down Catterick Garrison sign. In my opinion 2 Cdo and the Gurkha Para Bn are reproductions. "44 Army Corps" is actually 44 (Home Counties) Inf Div (TA).
A good collection though.

Thanks Mike,
Will edit to update posting.
I've been promised a Hong Kong Forces in silk, worn by staff officers prior to the handing back.
Rgds,
button_guru

[sketchley kid]

6th.Armd...not a pair.....both left hand......could also be 1st.Amd. from
June 56.
Nice lot .

[sketchley kid]

6th.Armd. ...both left hand.....could also be 1st.Armd. from June 46.

sketchley kid
Roger that.Cheers.
b_g

[54Bty]

Only the right hand (as viewed) Beaufighter is Air Formation Signals (2nd Pattern) the left one with a merrowed edge is 21 Signal Regiment (Air Support) c1994.

Marc

[GTB]

The 'light bulb' is an RAF item. Worn on the lower sleeve by RAF personnel who have not yet obtained the required jumps to qualify for their wings.
GTB

[Luc]

Originally Posted by button_guru

Airborne (pair)

I'm afraid these are replicas.

Thanks chaps.
Luc, it sounds funny as those two Airborne patches were the only ones that didn't come with the lot but placed them there for the scan. They were given to me by a former member of the Parachute Regiment just after he completed his service around the time of the Falklands conflict. Everything's possible but I doubt if a Para would deal in copies and this is 30 years ago! He also gave me his stable belt, subdued badge and spare parade boots.
Rgds,
button-guru

[NEMO]

very nice thanks for showing

[appie_b]

Hello button-guru,

These patches are often regarded as fakes, I have two pairs of this design but both with a different backing material. Would you be so kind to show a picture of the back of these patches.

regards,
Albert.

[Luc]

Originally Posted by appie_b

These patches are often regarded as fakes

I believe that was the verdict when we discussed them here a while ago. Apparently, they have been available at museum shops for years.

[appie_b]

Hi Luc,

I remember, and I agree with you that the ones with the black gause backing are suspicious. But I am not totally convinced that the ones I have with the paper backing are fake.

Altough I have never seen prove that they are genuine..I keep on searching

regards,

Albert.