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Originally Posted by grey_green_acorn
Is it Bevo (usually associated with German insignia) or Brabant a style of Flemish weaving used for British (& Canadian?) cloth badges after the Allied liberation of the Low Countries in World War 2. Named after the province of Brabant in Belgium.
Badges of this make can be dated from the closing stages of World War 2 to the early days of the post-war occupation of Europe.
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The source of the name BeVo:
The Be is the contraction of beteiligung (partnership) and the Vo is the contraction of Vorsteher which is the merging of two weaving companies Lucas Vorsteher and Ewald Vorsteher from the German city of Wuppertal-Barmen