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armbandman

05-05-20 02:37 PM

ID help cloth patch

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Hi just come across this in a box of bits to sort black spider printed on yellow approximately 1 inch by 1.5 inches is it military or possibly scouting organisations

Many thanks

Fred

Staffsyeoman

05-05-20 02:46 PM

It's a variation on the 81st (West African) Division sign.

peter monahan

06-05-20 02:05 PM

'Anansi', the spider, is an important figure in West African mythology: the storyteller and some times trickster, escaping his enemies or problems through cunning.

armbandman

07-05-20 08:43 AM

Spider id

Many thanks

For the info have never seen one that small and that design of spider

Many thanks

Fred

High Wood

07-05-20 10:02 AM

It is upside down as it was worn with the spider crawling downwards.

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