Special Air Service current cap badges
I understand that the correlation between Pattern Numbers and NATO Stock Numbers (NSN) is far from a precise science but it is interesting that the anodised badge and the cloth embroidered badge carry consecutive NSNs but widely apart Pattern Numbers:
Anodised cap badge NSN 8455-99-973-9574
Cloth embroidered NSN 8455-99-973-9575
Anodised cap badge Pattern Number 19173
Cloth embroidered Pattern Number 13068
Indicating a much earlier (obviously) Pattern Number for the cloth embroidered badge (13068). (The Pattern Number for SAS cloth wings is 13123)
Tim
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Last edited by grey_green_acorn; 16-07-19 at 11:20 AM.
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