Maroon Parachute titles - British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum

Kuifje69 · #1 14-09-17, 08:04 PM

Dear All,

Can you please tell me if these titles are WW2?

Many thanks in advance!

Best regards,

Bas

Bill A · #2 14-09-17, 10:01 PM

Hello Kuifje69, welcome to the Forum. Your account is active and open for posts.

popskipa · #3 14-09-17, 10:47 PM

Bas

Welcome to the forum.

Please post images of the backs of the titles, as the back generally reveals more about the originality than the front.

Keith

Kuifje69 · #4 15-09-17, 06:45 AM

Dear Keith,

Sorry but here is a pic of the back.

Best regards,

Bas

Kuifje69 · #5 15-09-17, 08:10 AM

Dear Keith,

Sorry I am new here.

Wrong pic. This should be the correct one.

Best regards,

Bas

tcrown · #6 15-09-17, 05:11 PM

Hi Bas,

IMO, these titles are suspicious.
The colour and backs are not matching original examples.
Jack has a good pair of titles for sale on his website http://www.chairbornemilitaria.co.uk...h=12055&phqu=2
You can clearly see the differences.
As for the colour, I believe the original titles are more reddish than maroon. See the attached photo of a BD with these titles and compare the colour with the Pegasus patch.

Hope it helps.
Pierre

JerryBB · #7 17-09-17, 08:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kuifje69

Dear Keith,

Sorry I am new here.

Wrong pic. This should be the correct one.

Best regards,

Bas

The backs are a good match for some of the early handmade examples that had a Bn number beneath them which was ordered removed so sometimes this was folder under or chopped off.

All the handmade types can look like iffy Indian made copies, you pay your money or not as you see fit.

If the price was not too bad, I would risk buying these.