1st Pembrokeshire (Tenby) Bn home guard grouo
 

I picked this lot up today after seeing yesterday in a local antiques center.

It was said to have been bought just the other day and was as found within a Craven A ciggies tin.

The lot includes 3 sets of PEM 1, a pair of titles, a single corporal chevron, a 4 year long service patch, a defense medal ribbon and a single red rectangle of wool which I assume is a company id within the bn.

A nice little grouping.

V. nice indeed - just out of interest, how much was the grouping?

V. nice indeed - just out of interest, how much was the grouping?

The red rectangle is in fact a red diamond HG proficiency badge, worn above the right BD cuff.

Thanks for the information on the red diamond badge.

I paid more than I would have liked....

Here you go.

Thank you Magpie.

That piece of red cloth, no matter which way you turn it could never be a diamond. Must be something else?

regards

A great find

Peter

Indeed, it is clearly a rectangle, nor a square which would suffice as a diamond.

Thanks Peter.

What size is it, if the long side is over 1 inch there may be enough to make a bar to go with it or shorter a bar has been cut off.

1 inch & a quarter by 1 inch and has stitch holes on all four sides therefore it does not appear to have been cut down, or at least it was used as it, though it might have been cut down prior to attachment.

The size is too big to be the official version of the diamond, that being 1 inch square, though would leave enough to remove part of it to create the 1 inch square and the bar as suggested.

Does look like you've got a badge and bar.

it does seem to be the case.