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Forum: Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia 24-03-24, 11:33 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 415
Posted By elwe23
Hi Mike, the other badge was a commando marine...

Hi Mike, the other badge was a commando marine one, Drago Noisiel.

Best
Forum: The Classifieds: Sales and Wanted 22-03-24, 02:39 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 172
Posted By elwe23
RAF WW2 cap badge wanted

Hi all,

I'm looking for a classic WW2 RAF cap badge other rank brass for side hat.
Cheap if possible.

Thanks
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 16-03-24, 12:25 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 479
Posted By elwe23
Thank you Ian, it looks the same type of medal...

Thank you Ian, it looks the same type of medal indeed. So it might religious.
Do you have any more info on that medal ? I did a google search on I found some Vatican, or Orthodox medal that looks...
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 14-03-24, 02:22 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 479
Posted By elwe23
Could this be a Lebanese tree on the ribon ? ...

Could this be a Lebanese tree on the ribon ?

I asked some old religious person here in france, and it is not something they have ever seen.

Could the cross be that ? The Combatant's Cross in...
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 12-03-24, 01:36 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 479
Posted By elwe23
Thanks guys. I had this thought about...

Thanks guys.

I had this thought about templar and religion.

The veteran thought they might be french.
As a frenchman I have never seen those.

So nothing link to militaria ?

Best
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 12-03-24, 01:40 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 479
Posted By elwe23
Need to identify those medals

Hi there,

I'm helping a son of a veteran, and he would like to know which medals the persons are wearing in this photo ?
He mentioned it could be in the 1930s.

Thanks in advance.
Forum: Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia 02-03-24, 01:10 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 697
Posted By elwe23
Hi again, Well that changes everything now...

Hi again,

Well that changes everything now :)
They are indeed original.

Bravo
Forum: The Classifieds: Sales and Wanted 01-03-24, 07:21 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 380
Posted By elwe23
Hi I'm interested in the cameron and the gordon...

Hi I'm interested in the cameron and the gordon highlanders badge.
Forum: Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia 01-03-24, 07:04 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 697
Posted By elwe23
Yes lanners can you post better quality photo of...

Yes lanners can you post better quality photo of your no10 commando titles front and back ?

Cheers
Forum: Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia 01-03-24, 03:12 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 697
Posted By elwe23
Hi guys, To me they are all paki copies. ...

Hi guys,

To me they are all paki copies.

The doubt was on the no10 commando printed but I double checked with all my original photos exemples, they are not original.

Mike check the A, D, and...
Forum: Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia 28-02-24, 12:58 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 5,914
Posted By elwe23
Thanks Mike for checking this theory. Maybe it...

Thanks Mike for checking this theory.
Maybe it was based on another badge but dimensions could have changed.
Maybe it was just an inspiration who knows with Maurice.

Thanks Hervé for your...
Forum: Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia 26-02-24, 01:06 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 5,914
Posted By elwe23
Yes it is weird. As they look very verbatim copy...

Yes it is weird. As they look very verbatim copy from front better than the C 1943.

Ok I have one book from him I have to read "Mille et un jour pour le jour J".

Will write to you in PM.
Forum: Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia 26-02-24, 01:49 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 5,914
Posted By elwe23
Thanks Tcrown for your reply as well. Please...

Thanks Tcrown for your reply as well.

Please don't give the exact dimensions here for fakers. In private it is better IMO.

Yes the story of the creation of the badge is well known but it is the...
Forum: Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia 26-02-24, 01:17 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 5,914
Posted By elwe23
Thanks Hervé for posting those comparisons coast...

Thanks Hervé for posting those comparisons coast to coast.
I have a photo of the blades one, but not gonna post it as I don't have the autorisation of it's owner.

That confirm my theory of...
Forum: Infantry (& Guards) Badges 25-02-24, 12:57 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 363
Posted By elwe23
Hi Warman, It looks like the real deal. It...

Hi Warman,

It looks like the real deal.
It should be in Airborne titles as well I think.

Bye
Forum: Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia 19-02-24, 02:53 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 5,914
Posted By elwe23
Thanks Mike. #1 is the same colour white...

Thanks Mike.
#1 is the same colour white metalish as the one I posted. Would have to hold it in hands to be sure.

Anyone knows what happened to the Gaunt molds after the war ? or the archives of...
Forum: Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia 13-02-24, 01:21 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 5,914
Posted By elwe23
@Layhe: it is an amazing badge you have here,...

@Layhe: it is an amazing badge you have here, keep it preciously.

Guys I'm reopening the subject as a few weeks ago, the exact same white metal "Made In England" variation from post #1 appeared on...
Forum: Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia 21-12-23, 11:46 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,116
Posted By elwe23
haha mine neither Phil. But it looks very much...

haha mine neither Phil. But it looks very much like a copy in term of quality of fabrication I feel. It was sold to me in the 90's by a normandy commando veteran.
I agree with you why bothering...
Forum: Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia 21-12-23, 01:14 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,116
Posted By elwe23
Hi guys, I'm taking the chance of the thread of...

Hi guys, I'm taking the chance of the thread of Phil to add mine into the discussion.
Don't know anything if it is an original QC one or a copy and if anodised ?

cheers
Forum: Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia 16-12-23, 12:23 AM
Replies: 59
Views: 5,370
Posted By elwe23
He looks like the same person as in my other...

He looks like the same person as in my other thread on RNC titles. But shot at a different year as he doesn't not wear the comb ops patch.
...
Forum: Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia 15-12-23, 12:19 AM
Replies: 59
Views: 5,370
Posted By elwe23
No one had feedback on the montage I did ? I...

No one had feedback on the montage I did ?

I can conclude on the last photo I posted that is 100% a emb version with the A and V glue and the Y apart. It correspond exactly to the second title...
Forum: Reproductions, Restrikes, Fakes, Forgeries, and Copies 15-12-23, 12:06 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,414
Posted By elwe23
Hi all thanks for your feedback. Thanks Paddy for...

Hi all thanks for your feedback. Thanks Paddy for sharing your photos.

I agree with you Mike on reproduction for reenactment. It is a problem for us collector, specially young collectors.
He...
Forum: Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia 13-12-23, 05:24 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 5,370
Posted By elwe23
Thanks for sharing your opinion Skippy. I...

Thanks for sharing your opinion Skippy.

I agree with you on certain things.
Here is a photo with the royal marines printed cash tape insignia, and as you described it is very flat and faded,...
Forum: Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia 13-12-23, 01:17 AM
Replies: 59
Views: 5,370
Posted By elwe23
Doing a part 2 concerning the embroidered glue...

Doing a part 2 concerning the embroidered glue back type posted before.

Here is Shelley attached to N°4 Commando for Walcheren campaign.

And a rare exemple of a worn khaki battledress from 1945...
Forum: Airborne, Elite and Special Forces Insignia 13-12-23, 01:08 AM
Replies: 59
Views: 5,370
Posted By elwe23
Hi all, reopening the subject after a few months...

Hi all, reopening the subject after a few months of research on Royal Navy titles.

Here are different photos with what seems to be printed exemple worn during WW2, specially before D-Day and...
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