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Forum: Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia 31-03-24, 08:54 PM

Replies: 13 Popski,s Cap Badge Views: 915 Posted By popski In the unlikely event that this fools someone, I... In the unlikely event that this fools someone, I thought I’d highlight a brazen fake on Ebay. Another fantasy Lt. McCallum badge. Reported but naturally Ebay took no action. As far as I’m concerned...

Forum: Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia 26-07-23, 09:59 AM

Replies: 7 Popskis Private Army - The Lost Patrol Views: 922 Posted By popski Quite interesting little amateur film, which... Quite interesting little amateur film, which actually conveyed quite well the conditions, the mechanical challenges and the necessity to improvise. I think I spoke to the Canadian expedition leader...

Forum: Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia 26-07-23, 08:36 AM

Replies: 7 Popskis Private Army - The Lost Patrol Views: 922 Posted By popski I might have to watch that. One man was captured,... I might have to watch that. One man was captured, if I recall.

Forum: Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia 22-06-18, 09:42 PM

Replies: 12 POPSKI, badge opinions please... Views: 1,931 Posted By popski Eight years late...! One very like this in brass... Eight years late...! One very like this in brass has just sold on Ebay for 700. To my mind, it was a real first pattern, and had detail distinct from the later war badges.

Forum: Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and Royal Signals. 16-09-16, 09:01 AM

Replies: 2 Bengal Rocket Troop Brass Badge. Valuation Views: 2,032 Posted By popski Did you sell this in the end? Regards, Did you sell this in the end? Regards,

Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 06-06-15, 11:35 AM

Replies: 12 WW1 Provisional Battalions insignia? Views: 2,385 Posted By popski Kings Own There's a Private 2284 J Bell buried in the cemetery in Rye. He died 6th Oct 1915. CWGC list him as KOLR, 41 Bn. So, am I correct that he'd have been a Home Service territorial? Any ideas how he...

Forum: Off topic 06-04-14, 09:07 PM

Replies: 3 Just something to watch Views: 1,036 Posted By popski Are they on secondment from the Dagenham Girl... Are they on secondment from the Dagenham Girl Pipers...? Lucky for them nobody decided to invade while they were refining the finer points of that spectacle!!

Forum: Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia 30-07-13, 03:20 PM

Replies: 139 Popski's Private Army No 1 Demolition Squadron PPA Views: 17,318 Posted By popski I'd agree re the badge. (PS, Clive, only... I'd agree re the badge. (PS, Clive, only kidding around re those other items. Not a personal dig at you.)

Forum: Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia 28-07-13, 05:26 PM

Replies: 139 Popski's Private Army No 1 Demolition Squadron PPA Views: 17,318 Posted By popski Fretted badge Again, Clive, I think you're curiosity can be quickly satisfied. Why was it made? So saps like us spend afternoons talking about it and kidding ourselves it was perhaps fretted out from a tin of war...

Forum: Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia 28-07-13, 05:20 PM

Replies: 139 Popski's Private Army No 1 Demolition Squadron PPA Views: 17,318 Posted By popski Beret Hi Clive, As you say, the badge doesn't look right, and the detail is very soft - is that supposed to look like spit and polish? Unusual for a PPA badge, as they weren't really a parade ground...

Forum: Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia 08-06-13, 04:44 PM

Replies: 139 Popski's Private Army No 1 Demolition Squadron PPA Views: 17,318 Posted By popski Re the hat, I think that's all the explanation... Re the hat, I think that's all the explanation you need! Regarding the gold PPA badge. That is interesting. I'm fairly sure Anne Peniakoff, VP's daughter has a gold badge, but I'll see if I can...

Forum: Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and Royal Signals. 20-05-13, 07:38 PM

Replies: 23 Bengal Rocket Troop/Battle of the Omars (Qineiquina) Views: 3,673 Posted By popski Thanks to you both for sparing the time to share... Thanks to you both for sparing the time to share that excellent info. I'm very grateful for the detail. I'll tell my folks. I'll ask my family to dig out some photos too - my Grandad had a...

Forum: Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and Royal Signals. 19-05-13, 10:37 AM

Replies: 23 Bengal Rocket Troop/Battle of the Omars (Qineiquina) Views: 3,673 Posted By popski Randy Cat Yes, I did wonder that, having seen yours, but it doesn't seem symmetrical - not a diamond, as I seem to recall yours is. I couldn't see stitch marks either, but I'll have another look. No idea where...

Forum: Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and Royal Signals. 19-05-13, 08:18 AM

Replies: 23 Bengal Rocket Troop/Battle of the Omars (Qineiquina) Views: 3,673 Posted By popski Last ones... Grandad's army issue Elgin watch, and a CU of his stripes etc. Hope these are of interest. Regards,

Forum: Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and Royal Signals. 19-05-13, 08:17 AM

Replies: 23 Bengal Rocket Troop/Battle of the Omars (Qineiquina) Views: 3,673 Posted By popski More badges... Cap badge, stripes etc, 'randy cat'.

Forum: Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and Royal Signals. 19-05-13, 08:15 AM

Replies: 23 Bengal Rocket Troop/Battle of the Omars (Qineiquina) Views: 3,673 Posted By popski Badges Cont.... 4th Div badges

Forum: Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and Royal Signals. 19-05-13, 08:13 AM

Replies: 23 Bengal Rocket Troop/Battle of the Omars (Qineiquina) Views: 3,673 Posted By popski 1st Field / Bengal Rocket Troop Badges As per request, here are a series of images of my Grandfather's insignia, cap badges etc: These are presentation division patches on card: Regards,

Forum: Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia 08-05-13, 10:15 PM

Replies: 139 Popski's Private Army No 1 Demolition Squadron PPA Views: 17,318 Posted By popski Popski forage Cap continued... I'm continuing to enter into (an increasingly heated) debate with a gent known to this site, who's robustly defending his fantasy that his lot (an alleged PPA forage cap) is a genuine article. I have...

Forum: Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and Royal Signals. 07-05-13, 09:17 PM

Replies: 23 Bengal Rocket Troop/Battle of the Omars (Qineiquina) Views: 3,673 Posted By popski Randy Cat Thanks, Marc. Hmmm, I wonder where his went, then? Being an artificer, he made a lot of 'trench art', and I know his cap badge was on an ashtray at some point, so maybe he applied the 'cat' to...

Forum: Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and Royal Signals. 06-05-13, 08:12 AM

Replies: 23 Bengal Rocket Troop/Battle of the Omars (Qineiquina) Views: 3,673 Posted By popski Randy Cat I found my badge last night, hunting in the dark in the bedside cabinet by the light of my iPhone - wife was asleep! It's exactly the same as the one kindly pictured by Marc, though has no...

Forum: Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and Royal Signals. 05-05-13, 10:14 PM

Replies: 23 Bengal Rocket Troop/Battle of the Omars (Qineiquina) Views: 3,673 Posted By popski Bengal Rocket Troop Terrific. Thank you so much, Marc and Eddie. The one pictured is exactly like one of the ones I had (or may still have), I can't find either right now... The other is slightly less 'primitive',...

Forum: Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and Royal Signals. 04-05-13, 10:10 PM

Replies: 23 Bengal Rocket Troop/Battle of the Omars (Qineiquina) Views: 3,673 Posted By popski Bengal Rocket Troop/Battle of the Omars (Qineiquina) Having just read the very stirring account of the Beja battle on the forum, I wonder if anyone knows anything about the 1st Field Regt's action at the Battle of the Omars (or Qineiquina) in Nov 1941?...

Forum: Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia 04-05-13, 03:38 PM

Replies: 139 Popski's Private Army No 1 Demolition Squadron PPA Views: 17,318 Posted By popski Forage Cap Yes, I'd like to hear that too, but I'm afraid it's not going to wash, whatever it is. FoPPA has, as near as damn it, the full unit list for PPA. Nobody by the name of Richmond was ever seconded to...

Forum: Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia 03-05-13, 08:01 PM

Replies: 139 Popski's Private Army No 1 Demolition Squadron PPA Views: 17,318 Posted By popski Forage Cap Interestingly, and somewhat annoyingly, having reported it to Ebay about three times now, the cap is still listed. The vendor emailed me to express that he found my initial contact 'threatening', but...

Forum: Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia 28-04-13, 12:55 PM

Replies: 139 Popski's Private Army No 1 Demolition Squadron PPA Views: 17,318 Posted By popski LB and B co. Badges Hi, Re the LB&B Co. badges, the tantalising 'what ifs?' and 'maybes...' are creeping in again!:) These were produced in the '70s in London by a militaria dealer off the Strand. Please see the...

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