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Old 25-06-15, 04:15 PM
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Default SAS cap badges from French paratroopers

Here photos of three cap badges from my collection, and directly get either from the SAS themselves or their family:





Top left: Raymond POLLET, 2rd Coy 3rd SAS Rgt
Top right: Pierre DEVANNES, 3rd Coy 3rd SAS Rgt
cloth cap badge: Aimé LLOPIS, 3rd Coy 3rd SAS Rgt.

What is not well know, is that the parachute regiment cap badge (without lion and crown, the "chien-chien et son panier" / "the little dog and his basket" as the French SAS said - sorry for that!) was initialy worn on the back beret. But it was not rare to see it still worn on the maroon beret, alone or with both the cloth SAS cap badge.

I am still looking for genuine SAS and parachute regiment insignias and wings.
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