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Home Guard Auxilliaries
Found recently in an antique shop for a good price, as far as I am aware these are not being faked...??....so I believe it to be genuine......202 is Northern England region but can anyone tell me the significance of the number 103...??
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I think you are supposed to read it as 201, 202 and 203 for the 3 regions.
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Hi Rob, actually now I look again I see what you are getting at, the numbers are read in three directions of course, thanks for that.
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Badge
These badges are being faked although the one you have does look an authentic one.
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However, I've not seen or heard of them being faked. How do you know they are? |
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Could you please show or provide a reference to an example of the fakes that you mention?
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Phil, lovely badge, looks good compared to known examples on the web, as i understood it the Region numbers were battalion numbers, with some units wearing these numbers (as Home Guard) on their battledress. Regards Mark
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Thanks Mark, I have been looking for one for years and found this in a cabinet full of unidentified 'enamel' badges in a shop.
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A nice badge that looks fine to me.
A small correction if I may. The badge is a postwar "commemorative" item issued to members of Auxiliary Units. Home Guard Auxiliaries was the name given in 1944 to the women who served as volunteers supporting the Home Guard. The relationship of the men of Auxiliary Units with the Home Guard was complicated as from 1942 they were removed from the records of the Territorial Army Associations which administered the Home Guard and taken over by the army's General Headquarters and administered as the three GHQ Administrative battalions whose numbers appear on the badge. Jon |
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