Quote:
Originally Posted by badgecollector
here's another i don't like the look of the stitching although the material feels right.
any thoughts?
and i have identified a few other from the pic above.
the one on the middle right which is mothed looks to be a variation 691a LHQ heavy wireless group.
cheers
bc
|
I don't like the HQ 1 Motor Bde one bc and I seem to recall that a number of patches in my collection with similar stitching exhibited signs of other stitch holes. Perhaps it is possible that a local camp tailor in Queensland ran these things up on request, I don't know.
1st row - 1. AA & Frt Sigs Western Area; 2. Fortress Engineers. Both these patches are of Western Australian manufacture. 3. HQ 1 Aust Motor Bde.
2nd row - 1. 44 Aust Inf Bn; 38 Aust Inf Bn. Both these are of WA manufacture. 3. LHQ Hy Wireless Gp as you suggest.
3rd row - 1. AASC AIF Base and L of C Area, also WA manufacture; 2. 27 Aust Inf Bn; 3. Non-divisional AASC units up until the end of 1942 although it could have been worn longer.
Keith