Sadly that stamp - which we've discussed on here before - is a red herring which does collectors of Jewish WW2 material a huge diservice.
The JBG was formed in 1943 and served in North Africa (briefly) and in Italy. The stamp commemorates the end of the war in Europe.
The stamp, and its surrounding badges, was compiled with the aid of an Israeli collector who made a number of serious errors - since admitted. You will see that he included the infamous Trinidad and Tobago Police badge that so many dealers hawk as a JBG badge. (third row left) However the real clue that this is less than accurate is the 17/21 Motto which is shown (top row one from the right) which is described as "The Commando Unit".
The JBG Orbat shown in my last post is correct. There were also a number of other Palestinian units including ATS, RE, RPC, RMP etc. Their soldiers were enlisted in Palestine and all had numbers with a PAL or rarely an ME prefix. According to enthusiasts in Israel they all served in the JBG. They didn't.
Other Jews served in other non-Palestinian units but are not identifiable as such. If you have a copy of this stamp please give it to a stamp collector - it is not a useful source of badge collecting information.
Eddie
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