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Originally Posted by engr9266
WILF, I have never seen this title before so cannot comment on the colour.
As already stated the standard RE colours are blue on red but to my knowledge, which is little I don't think that these colours were worn during WW1. They would wear the RE in black or white(can't remember which was WW1 or WW2) on kharki on the shoulder strap.
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I agree that on WW1 slip on shoulder straps the lettering would be white on khaki and in WW2 black on khaki, BUT, these are not shoulder straps and are clearly coloured.
I feel the Blue on Red option is most probable especially bearing in mind the way they appear in the photo due to the chromatic film alteration of colours.
regards