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Originally Posted by Layhe
If original (I'm fairly sure it is) I'd love to know who the original recipient was and how he faired.
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I think your badge is original and as Herve wrote was the first badge handed over to Jean Reiffers on May 11th 1944. He was trained at Achnacarry in June/July 1943 and joined the 2nd section of Troop 8. Shortly after landing on June 6th 1944, his section was heavily shelled while progressing towards Riva-Bella and he was very seriously wounded with about 10 of his comrades. He was injured a second time in the afternoon by a German prisoner who threw a grenade at his group, waiting to be evacuated on the beach. Jean Reiffers never fully recovered from his wounds and didn't follow the unit in Holland.
http://gallery.commandoveterans.org/...s_001.jpg.html
I'm sure your badge will receive a lot of interest from the community.