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Help please Brit formation sign
A friend in the US would like to know what the formation sign is on his grandfathers R Signals uniform. He thinks it is post WW2 Austrian Occupation. I no longer have my reference books so any help would be appreciated.
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Is it the Royal Marines Amphibious Assault Support badge? Sorry, I don't know the proper designation.
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Looks like the Eighth Army formation badge to me
PL |
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Which was later worn by British Troops Austria.
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Why did they wear an anchor, please?
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I just looked up the Eighth Army badge, they didn't. So this is not their badge. The pictured badge is a crown above anchor, and a darker horizontal, double, stripe behind the crown and the arms of the anchor.
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The badge I'm seeing is the 8th Army / British Troops Austria sign over an arm of service strip?
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Thats a yellow cross?
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8th Army/British troops in Austria
These formation signs come in a variety of shapes and sizes, many being locally made, I think the cross was supposed to represent a crusaders cross.
Rob |
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As far as I can make it out, yes, it looks like the yellow cross with violet coloured edging on white shield on dark blue / black backing variation
I'm putting the "staggered" or diagonal looking horizontal bar down to the poor quality of the image when magnified. Just the way I'm reading the image on a phone. |
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Some different 8th Army and British Troops Austria signs.
Tim
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Many thanks every one.
Cliff Lord |
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Or the Cross of St. George. While that is generally in red, in heraldic terms a 'cross of St George' is actually any cross which runs to the edge of the shield in all four directions.
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Phil, just popping a spare pair of glasses in the post.................
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Looks like 8th Army to me too.
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