SAS badges and wings - British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum

Garth Thompson · #1 04-08-10, 04:23 PM

Hello all,
The badges and wings I have pictured belong to friend of mine who is a retired US Ranger CSM. He would like me to sell these for him and I would appreciate it if the SAS gurus had a look see and give me a hand pointing out any obvious ringers/duds. All are post WW2 to the current period. He traded into them from a collector in NZ. The brassard and beret/badge/wing combination are IDed with some provenance.
Thanks,
Garth

Garth Thompson · #2 04-08-10, 04:24 PM

The rest of the his badge lot.

wright241 · #3 04-08-10, 04:35 PM

Ref the Malayan Scouts.
Not sure whether these have been copied or not.
Observations:
a) The S.A.S. letters on mine are well clear of the edge of the shield.
b) The title and stitching looks quite different.
c) The blue shape inside the wing is different.
This is mine.

Maybe its just a different manufacturer.
There are far more experienced people on this forum that will beter opinions than me. Good luck.

Have also included a SAS wing

rockape560 · #4 04-08-10, 08:10 PM

hi garth,

to me,personally,the artists rifles badge looks wrong.i believe that minveras chin is all wrong.it juts out to far and should be more well defined ie smaller.

well thats my view but i stand to be corrected and accept the views of more experenced member

philip

Unknownsoldier · #5 04-08-10, 08:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rockape560

hi garth,

to me,personally,the artists rifles badge looks wrong.i believe that minveras chin is all wrong.it juts out to far and should be more well defined ie smaller.

well thats my view but i stand to be corrected and accept the views of more experenced member

philip

Thats a Russ Abbott lookalike, dud sorry

Tom

airtrooper · #6 04-08-10, 11:53 PM

Hi Garth,
1st frame - I dont like top left or bottom right. The rest look good.Middle left is a TA wing. The rest appear to be genuine 22.

2nd frame - 1st is Aussie. The rest are NZ except the last 2 which are fantasy.

3rd frame - 1st bullion is ok, black on green square is rubbish. the red bullion could be SBS. Next bullion is NZ.
wing on beige is Aussie. Last one is Brit tropical.

4th frame - All are fake/repro.

5th frame - NZSAS S/T is ok. 3 SAS and Malayan scouts are repro. Last sheild is Greek SF. LRDG - Dont know!

6th frame - Artists is probably repro. Wings are SBS.
The rest - Brassard looks good. Cap badges look good. Wing looks crap.

I hope this helps. I am also open to be corrected by more knowledgable collectors!!!

Garth Thompson · #7 05-08-10, 05:40 PM

Thank you all for the information and opinions. I appreciate it.
Garth