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Who's type 1?
The plastic gold coloured (and the rarer silver one) is indeed very p/w for infantry school etc. until (from what I gather) the latest Belgian purge of cap badges in the '90s.
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Nah, they're the ones that I'm sure are WW2. I are 99% sure that they belonged to a (named) soldier in the Artillery Bn of the Piron brigade (I bought them with his dog tags). Besides, I don't think that any were produced in Belgium in the immediate p/w period ('cept the German produced version with the pins), but if you can tell me otherwise, I'm happy to be contradicted!
BP
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Hi Guys,
Just saw the thread, very interesting. I'm interested in getting one of these for my WW2 collection. Anyone interested in moving on a spare? PM me please. Thanks, Dave |
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Hi Guys,
Just saw the thread, very interesting. I'm interested in getting one of these for my WW2 collection. Anyone interested in moving on a spare? PM me please, if anyone wants to. Thanks, Dave |
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There are a couple on ebay (nothing to do with me) at the moment. They're not cheap but...
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"Piron's bunker" at Merville Battery Calvados France
Hello
Here is a picture of some memorabilia given by a veteran of the Piron's Brigade to the Merville Battery Museum (you can see them and many other memorabilia in the "Piron's Bunker"). A nice grouping of original items including a war time Belgium cap badge. J-F
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Hi all re-opening the thread as well.
What do you think of those guys ? For me they are probably both post war. The silver one is an NCO, and the other one seems like a plastic economy one. Pretty rare to see one. Are the WW2 UK made ones had only those types of lugs ? (last photo) I noted two types. The green back photo has the two lugs types on one badge, probably a repair. I agree with Luc, for me the golden round wire lugs are definitely not UK made ones. Could they be belgium made pre-war ? I think they probably post war as it's the most common lugs type and they were 50000 belgium volonteers end of 44-45, most probably wearing this type. Cheers |
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I am still searching for a bladed Officer Service Dress version of this Generic Belgian Free Forces headdress badge (as third and fourth images in post 23 by elwe23 above) - any help appreciated
I have a bronzed version not on blades that looks OK I hear Robin had a display patents Yellow lion on Red rectangle, with yellow border printed/painted? badge - described as Belgian Headdress badge - in his recent auction. Not heard of this before - has anyone else any record? Last edited by Mike B; 29-10-22 at 09:52 AM. |
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Mike, I was the underbidder of Robin's auction, I had not heard of or seen this pattern before.
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No, for officers in bronze as Mike says. The plastic economy pattern is Belgium post-war.
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Good to hear from you Luc - I now have images of the mystery Belgian badge
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The Belgian army in the UK was short on cap badges when a number of units were raised in Northern Ireland around 1945, the Wellington college badge was used instead. Perhaps this printed badge was another stopgap?
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Good thinking Luc - I would have thought that was a possibility. Although I do not own it I hear it is about the size of a formation badge.
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Never seen this one before but I will ask the member of Piron association.
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