Car boot finds

[Charlie M.]

Hell got these from carbooting over the years any idea of what they are thanks in advance

[Faugh-A-Ballagh]

Top left is a WO1 or RSM badge of rank. There are three 7th Armoured Brigade badges aka Desert Rats, the one with the red hand of Ulster is 36th Ulster Division, and the matching pair of rampant boars is 30 Corps.

[Peter Brydon]

The green sheild with white cross and rose is West Lancs cadets

P.B.

[lettman]

The fox face is 8th Armd Bde (if they're old enough, the desert rats could also be for 7th Armd Div, rather than Bde).

[Charlie M.]

Originally Posted by lettman

The fox face is 8th Armd Bde (if they're old enough, the desert rats could also be for 7th Armd Div, rather than Bde).

lettman here are some better pics.Do u think these are ww2 vintage ?

[fearnaught]

The top one is Dutch manufacture, so probably late war.

[Charlie M.]

Originally Posted by fearnaught

The top one is Dutch manufacture, so probably late war.

Thanks for that i had a feeling it might be.Would a burn test prove this and may be a black light considering the white thread in the top badge

[fearnaught]

If you want to but, as far as I know, no-one has repro'ed Brabant weave badges. Having said that some-one will produce an example. They did produce some HD badges and 12th corps as well. Maybe it would be interesting to find out what other badges they produced other than the ones for the Dutch Army?

[Charlie M.]

Originally Posted by fearnaught

If you want to but, as far as I know, no-one has repro'ed Brabant weave badges. Having said that some-one will produce an example. They did produce some HD badges and 12th corps as well. Maybe it would be interesting to find out what other badges they produced other than the ones for the Dutch Army?

Thanks for your reply.I wont bother your judgement is good enough for me.What about the bottom pair of rats do u think they are wartime???

[fearnaught]

Hi, sadly I never noted where I got mine from so I couldn't say what time frame they fit into. Sometime after 1943. Hopefully some-one else will have been more dilligent in their collecting and knows the timeframe of the various rats as they are still in use some 60 odd years after their first use.

[Charlie M.]

Do u think that post war rats are machine woven than machine embroided personally i do but like everything i could be so wrong

[Charlie M.]

Here are all my rats i have collected at boot faires

[lettman]

Originally Posted by dodge

lettman here are some better pics.Do u think these are ww2 vintage ?

Dodge,
Sincere apologies for not replying earlier -- I've been a bit out of circulation. IMO the bottom pair of rats does look old enough to be WW2, although the ones in my collection look a bit different from the back. Embroidered signs vary hugely from maker to maker, however.

[lettman]

Originally Posted by fearnaught

If you want to but, as far as I know, no-one has repro'ed Brabant weave badges. Having said that some-one will produce an example. They did produce some HD badges and 12th corps as well. Maybe it would be interesting to find out what other badges they produced other than the ones for the Dutch Army?

I have a Brabant weave 11th Armd Div charging bull sign as well as the 7th Armd Div rat.

[two9546]

Hi,
Ref your car boot finds. The top left is a Warrant Officer Class 1 arm badge for Service Dress/Jumper Order/Shirt Sleeve Order for the Regimental Sergeant Major of any of the Foot Guards Regiments. Instead of it being worn on the lower right cuff, they wear them on the right arms between shoulder and elbow. Only the RSM will wear this type of badge as the other WO1's wear a small (normal size) badge on the right forearm.
Nice find for a car boot!: