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Formation Signs and Patches
02-06-13, 03:56 PM
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Div ? Sign on tan WW2 British Helmet
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erracht
Didn't 3rd Div serve postwar in the Middle East? ...
Didn't 3rd Div serve postwar in the Middle East? Possibly from then?
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Formation Signs and Patches
15-01-11, 05:03 PM
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Eight Army Bullion flash with black A.o.S. strip
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erracht
A black regimental flash, similar to an arm of...
A black regimental flash, similar to an arm of service strip, was worn by the Northamptonshire Regt. I would imagine this could be a combo patch to a Northants member or unit attached to 8th Army...
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Formation Signs and Patches
08-12-10, 10:15 PM
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52nd Lowland Division Shoulder Badge
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erracht
If memory serves correctly, 155 Bde also wore the...
If memory serves correctly, 155 Bde also wore the saltire sans MOUNTAIN title...
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Formation Signs and Patches
26-10-10, 02:51 AM
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Recent additions
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erracht
Thanks for the feedback. Couldn't pass them...
Thanks for the feedback. Couldn't pass them up...
Dean
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Infantry (& Guards) Badges
21-10-10, 03:39 PM
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The Queens Royal Regiment. (West Surrey)
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erracht
I have also heard of people putting brass badges...
I have also heard of people putting brass badges in coffee grounds to 'bronze' them...
Dean
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Formation Signs and Patches
20-10-10, 04:02 PM
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A couple of unknowns
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erracht
A couple of unknowns
I've posted these on another site before, but after a computer crash I've lost all tentative ID on them. I recall there being a possible hospital link with the London badge, and can't recall on the...
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Formation Signs and Patches
20-10-10, 03:59 PM
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Recent additions
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erracht
Recent additions
Here's a few badges I picked up at a show here a few months back. Opinions on authenticity? Most I fell fairly good about, but some I do wonder on (like 33rd Indian Corps...)
Your thoughts?
...
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Infantry (& Guards) Badges
20-10-10, 03:42 PM
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Camerons? badge
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erracht
Again, my thanks to all for the ID and info. Had...
Again, my thanks to all for the ID and info. Had not seen this one before. Now to find other "unknown-to-me" badges...
Dean
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Infantry (& Guards) Badges
20-10-10, 02:53 PM
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Camerons? badge
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erracht
Thanks for that ID. Any ideas on age? Dean
Thanks for that ID. Any ideas on age?
Dean
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Infantry (& Guards) Badges
20-10-10, 05:36 AM
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Camerons? badge
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erracht
Camerons? badge
This one has me baffled. Akin to a Cameron Highlanders badge, but smaller (I'm guessing a collar badge). St. Andrew in centre, thistle spray to right, maple leaves to left. Scroll at bottom reads...
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Cavalry, Yeomanry, Tank/RAC Badges
17-09-10, 01:20 AM
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Lovat's Scouts
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erracht
Photo of CSM Alan Watts wearing the...
Photo of CSM Alan Watts wearing the clan/regimental badge
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Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and Royal Signals.
09-09-10, 07:58 PM
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428 LAA Bty RA Edinburgh (Queens Edinburgh Royal Scots)
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erracht
Thanks much Peter - been away too long but...
Thanks much Peter - been away too long but hopefully will now be able to spend more time here.
Dean
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Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and Royal Signals.
09-09-10, 05:27 PM
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428 LAA Bty RA Edinburgh (Queens Edinburgh Royal Scots)
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erracht
That's a promise
That's a promise
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Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and Royal Signals.
09-09-10, 05:09 PM
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428 LAA Bty RA Edinburgh (Queens Edinburgh Royal Scots)
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erracht
Sorry 'bout that - didn't know you were the bidder
Sorry 'bout that - didn't know you were the bidder
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Formation Signs and Patches
09-09-10, 04:52 PM
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welch or what?
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erracht
No RSF Bns in 53rd Div to my knowledge; only...
No RSF Bns in 53rd Div to my knowledge; only Scottish infantry therein was 1st HLI. 1st RSF was in 29 Bde/36th Div (Burma), 2nd Bn in17 Bde/5th Div, 4/5th Bn in 155 Bde/52nd (Lowland) Div, 6th Bn in...
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Formation Signs and Patches
09-09-10, 04:42 PM
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World War II Seaforths formation sign?
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erracht
The 7th Bn wore a 3" square Mackenzie flash above...
The 7th Bn wore a 3" square Mackenzie flash above the 15th Div signs, the 6th Bn wore a triangular patch fitiing into the 'crook' of the Y of the 5th (Yorkshire) Div.
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Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and Royal Signals.
09-09-10, 04:25 PM
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428 LAA Bty RA Edinburgh (Queens Edinburgh Royal Scots)
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erracht
Sleeve insignia to the same... From a reliable...
Sleeve insignia to the same... From a reliable source, but I still have some questions on it...
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Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and Royal Signals.
09-09-10, 04:22 PM
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428 LAA Bty RA Edinburgh (Queens Edinburgh Royal Scots)
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erracht
Attached is the photo mentioned, as well as a...
Attached is the photo mentioned, as well as a detail of the BSM Farquhar's sleeve.
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Infantry (& Guards) Badges
09-09-10, 04:03 PM
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London Scottish arm flash
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erracht
Backs: top left is wartime paper-backed. Next...
Backs: top left is wartime paper-backed. Next to it is a woven variant. Below them is a wartime or just post-war cloth-backed.
On the left are a post-war embroidered (50's or 60's??) and then...
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Infantry (& Guards) Badges
09-09-10, 03:56 PM
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London Scottish arm flash
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erracht
Scan as promised. The left badges are geniune,...
Scan as promised. The left badges are geniune, the rest are post-war or copies. Scan of the backs to follow.
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Infantry (& Guards) Badges
09-09-10, 03:48 PM
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London Scottish arm flash
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erracht
Hi Loupie - my thoughts on this one are that it...
Hi Loupie - my thoughts on this one are that it is sadly a fake. I've got a few of these in a few different colours, but general consensus is that it is dodgy. Will try to post some pics of wartime...
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Infantry (& Guards) Badges
17-11-09, 04:19 PM
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8th & 7/9th Royal Scots
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erracht
The 7/9th Bn and 8th Bn Royal Scots did wear a...
The 7/9th Bn and 8th Bn Royal Scots did wear a tartan backing (Hunting Stewart) in the 1939-45 War. Maybe not a completely universal practice within the units, but still very commonly seen.
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Cavalry, Yeomanry, Tank/RAC Badges
04-10-09, 09:43 PM
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Fife and Forfar Yeo
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erracht
Looks decent to me - one I would get myself (at...
Looks decent to me - one I would get myself (at least from the photo)
Dean
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Cavalry, Yeomanry, Tank/RAC Badges
28-09-09, 09:31 PM
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Fife and Forfar Yeo
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erracht
I confess to being no authority on this matter,...
I confess to being no authority on this matter, but I can relate the traits I look for in a FFY badge.
1. Avoid the "stargazer thane" - the one with the abnormally large eyes and the deofrmed...
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Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and Royal Signals.
28-09-09, 09:15 PM
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The Highland Gunners
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erracht
Actually, Fraser Hunting was worn by the Lovat...
Actually, Fraser Hunting was worn by the Lovat Scouts...
Murray Tullibardine was worn by pipers of the Scottish Horse; the rest of the Regiment was entitled to Murray of Atholl.
54 Bty, afraid...
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