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unidentified patches
can anyone help identify and date these patches please..! dave
Last edited by agamemnon; 22-12-13 at 04:27 PM. |
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The scorpion sign dates from, probably, mid 1944 to 1945 in Italy. It was the sign worn by the joint RAC/RE specialist mine clearance unit entitled first - 1 Scorpion Regt RAC and later 1 Asslt Regt RAC/RE. Finally it was worn by 1 Armd Engr Regt RE.
The design was adopted because Scorpion was the generic name given to the first generation of mine clearing flail tanks, intitally in the Middle East, in the Second World War. In the early days so-called Scorpion Detachments of Matilda and Valentine flail tanke were allocated as required to Armd and Army Tk Bdes. The sign - most examples of which that I have seen were locally made, are very rare indeed. The other sign must be even rarer since in 40+ years of collecting I have never seen one before! If it ever needs a safe home ........................... Mike |
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thanks mike for the information on the scorpion patch. dave
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Agamemnon, welcome aboard. When I saw your post I was hoping to see a 1st Trojan Infantry Bttn patch or a Odysseus Regt one!
Matti |
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I should add that the Scorpion flash was authorised for wear on 5 Feb 43 and issues began on 3 Apr 43.
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thanks mike for the updated info, i suspected the army newspapers patch would be a very scarce bird..! and thanks for the welcome matti.
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