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Old 03-01-19, 03:56 PM
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Just been looking through some WWII era paperwork and I see an Infantry unit (Glosters) commencing Combined Ops training in India upon reverting back to Infantry from Tanks. They are talking about the dark blue/black and yellow combined ops badges. I always thought Army/RAF wore the red variation and the Royal Navy the yellow variation. Can anyone help regarding the difference in colours please?
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Old 03-01-19, 06:41 PM
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See here: https://www.combinedops.com/INSIGNIA%20SPECIMENS.htm
Yellow on black or dark blue seem US worn, Navy wore blue on white?
Perhaps sourced from American troops?

Rgds, Thomas
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Old 03-01-19, 09:41 PM
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Thomas,
Brilliant. Thank you.
I'll PM you something.
Thank you.
Ken
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Old 06-01-19, 01:44 AM
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See here: https://www.combinedops.com/INSIGNIA%20SPECIMENS.htm
Yellow on black or dark blue seem US worn, Navy wore blue on white?
Perhaps sourced from American troops?

Rgds, Thomas
I wouldn't aggree that's entirely true! In WW2 the Royal Navy only wore the blue on white badge on tropical rig, the gold /yellow badge was worn on the cuff of square rig and fore and aft rig by ratings who were employed in combined ops, but a red on navy blue badge was worn by RN personnel wearing khaki battledress such as landing craft crews, RN beach head commandos and Combined Operations Pilotage Parties to name a few. Even today, RN Communicators who are members of 148 Commando Forward Observation Battery still wear the Red on Blue Combined Ops badge.

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