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Royal Navy and Royal Marines
07-05-21, 10:39 AM
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Royal Marines Cap/Beret Badges
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RM Cap/Beret Badges
Thank you 1664 - do you know the year when the Crown size changed to the smaller version?
When I joined the Corps, if was brass it was polished beyond belief! The anodised issue in '64 came straight...
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Royal Navy and Royal Marines
05-05-21, 06:58 AM
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Royal Marines Cap/Beret Badges
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Royal Marines Cap/Beret Badges
I have three RM cap/beret badges, in three different brass quality/colour. All with the King's Crown. Can anyone date the change of Crown size please?
The larger I suspect is the earlier. ...
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Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia
05-05-21, 06:39 AM
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Unknown Para Badge
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Identity
This is from the Spanish Parachute Brigade.
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Reproductions, Restrikes, Fakes, Forgeries, and Copies
27-03-21, 04:58 PM
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Are these for real?
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I do remember that at the latter stage of WW2 ...
I do remember that at the latter stage of WW2 and just after, in Aldershot, all patients of the two local military hospitals [Cambridge and Louise Margaret], those who were permitted leave to go...
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Royal Navy and Royal Marines
13-03-21, 11:35 AM
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R.N. COMMANDO Title
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I did try the burn test, no melting at all, just...
I did try the burn test, no melting at all, just the flame. So guess all remains well. At the same time tested threads of a tombstone Combined Operations patch, also checked with the UV light, same...
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Royal Navy and Royal Marines
11-03-21, 11:50 AM
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R.N. COMMANDO Title
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Thank you for such a detailed response, greatly...
Thank you for such a detailed response, greatly appreciated. I have never been strong on UK militaria despite collecting since the late sixties. I've always leaned toward the foreign area. I'm at...
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Royal Navy and Royal Marines
11-03-21, 08:29 AM
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R.N. COMMANDO Title
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R.N. COMMANDO Title
On good advice I am posting photo of an R.N. COMMANDO title, embroidered pattern. There is no reaction to UV light. Can anyone date this please, and comment on whether I should class I as Good, Bad...
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Royal Navy and Royal Marines
22-02-21, 11:02 AM
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3 COMMANDO BDE TRF DATING
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Appreciation for responses received - I have a...
Appreciation for responses received - I have a fair number of books to the Corps, mainly history, nothing on insignia. Still have my original titles and Bde signs issued 1957 though. Details seem to...
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Royal Navy and Royal Marines
21-02-21, 10:20 PM
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3 COMMANDO BDE TRF DATING
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I have spent long hours looking for a link that...
I have spent long hours looking for a link that gave this information - I should have posted question straight away! Many thanks indeed!
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Royal Navy and Royal Marines
21-02-21, 12:37 PM
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3 COMMANDO BDE TRF DATING
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3 COMMANDO BDE TRF DATING
I am trying to tie down the dates of introduction of use for the shown TRF of 3 Commando Bde RM, and the combined version for CHF. I have these in both OD and SAND patterns. Can anyone help with the...
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Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia
12-11-20, 04:48 PM
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Uniform ID?
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Uniform ID
Many thanks to all for your help - the family will appreciate it when I pass it on.
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Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia
12-11-20, 01:45 PM
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Uniform ID?
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UNIFORM ID
Hello Gerard,
Thank you for a rapid response, I know next to nothing about my Grandfather; my Father fought in WW1, Machine Gun Corps) and WW2(RAOC) so this could place this photo pre WW1I vaguely...
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Photographs of British Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia
12-11-20, 11:09 AM
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Uniform ID?
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Uniform ID?
Attached photograph of my Grandfather. Can anyone identify the uniform/Corps and date the period it would have been worn please.
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Royal Navy and Royal Marines
02-05-16, 05:35 AM
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Commando trained?
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I completed my commando course [at the then...
I completed my commando course [at the then Commando School RM, Bickleigh] in October 1957. Upon passing out as Kings Squad remained at RMB Eastney. Regular dress was No. 3's [Blues]. Battledress...
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Royal Navy and Royal Marines
30-03-12, 09:25 AM
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Royal Marines Commando What period?
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Royal Marines Commando -titles
These titles were certainly not in use in the 60s. I was issued mine [curved] ROYAL MARINES COMMANDO in 1957 at CSRM Bickleigh, I have oppos who joined before me 1953 and 1954 who wore the same. I...
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Royal Navy and Royal Marines
19-03-12, 03:14 PM
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Royal Marines Light Infantry, South Africa.
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Royal Marines Light Infantry, South Africa.
RMLI beret badge on a 3-piece felt rosette, the white felt beneath the actual badge is a light blue, outer area sun faded white; looks as if original colours were all over light blue, white then red....
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New Member Introduction Zone
17-03-12, 05:44 PM
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Hello from Cyprus
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Hello Marc Cyprus is a desert for collectors -...
Hello Marc
Cyprus is a desert for collectors - a couple of camping type stoes here in Paphos only. I have to 'import' from the real world you might say! I get back to UK once, maybe twice a year to...
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New Member Introduction Zone
17-03-12, 03:47 PM
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Hello from Cyprus
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Hello from Cyprus
Having just got 'the bug' for British Commando insignias, I thought that I had better get orientated by some professionals!
Collecting now for some 40 years with various interest changes....
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Foreign Badges and Insignia
16-03-12, 03:09 PM
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Spanish Parachute & Airborne badges, and one ???
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The 'Civil War' parachutist badge, there a few...
The 'Civil War' parachutist badge, there a few variations but basically the same badge. A number of cheap looking copies were around in the 70s.
The following series first appeared in the late...
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Foreign Badges and Insignia
16-03-12, 02:45 PM
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iTALIAN RSI PARA BADGE
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This is a copy - the name on the back is in fact...
This is a copy - the name on the back is in fact VITTORIO PIOTTI, a sculpter by trade. Back in the 70's he produced a LOT of wartime [WW2] Italian special force type unit insignias - parachute...
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Royal Navy and Royal Marines
14-03-12, 08:24 AM
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Red on Navy Parachute wings
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My first post! - I served in the Royal Marines...
My first post! - I served in the Royal Marines 1957-66 [41,42,45 Commandos and CTCRM]. We changed to Lovats in 1964, prior to this we also had a No 3 Dress, blues with red badging, the parachute...
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