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#1
08-01-17, 04:06 PM
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British Troops Berlin
The first pattern Berlin District/Berlin Area a finally British Troops Berlin sign - just as issued back in the 1940s from the QM's Clothing Store. "The encirclement of the black spot of Europe", known less emotionally to some wearers as the "Flaming xxxxhole"!
BT Berlin_1st Pattern.jpgBritish Troops Berlin_20120531_Beach Ordnance.Spandau.02.JosephNewallMitchell.jpg 
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09-01-17, 03:14 PM
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Two examples of the badge worn on BD.
The RE BD shows an example of the short-lived practice often encountered in BAOR, of wearing the current sign with that of the wearer's former formation. Jon
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#3
09-01-17, 08:50 PM
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....and another example....from the IWM files... Jo © IWM (BER 50-349-006)BRITISH FORCES IN BERLIN, GERMANY 1949 - 1960 Signallers of the Royal Corps of Signals at work in the Signals Office of British Troops Berlin.  © IWM (INS 8152) The badge in this form was adopted shortly after the occupation of Berlin in 1945. By May 1946 this was 130th Independent Infantry Brigade and by February 1948 the troops were called the Berlin Brigade (2 Royal Scots Fusiliers, 1 Royal Norfolk, 1st Worcesters, one Sqn. 11 Hussars). By December 1949 the Berlin Brigade name may have been dropped and the force simply known as British Troops Berlin (Sqn. Royal Dragoons, 1 Gordon Highlanders, 1 Royal Fusiliers, 1 R. Welch Fusiliers). The badge changed again in 1952 by the addition of a tab bearing in red the name 'BERLIN'. By April 1953 the force comprised 1st Independent Sqn. Royal Tank Regiment, 1 King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 1 Royal Irish Fusiliers, 1 Royal Scots Fusiliers. 
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14-12-21, 01:59 PM
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Was any old soldier who served in Berlin aware of the "Escape and Evade" pack
ready to be issued if Berlin was ever overrun by the Reds?
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