Commando Beret

[cw2311]

Hello all you Commando collectors! There is Commando beret closing on ebay today.

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/231050186317?...#ht_360wt_1170

Cheers

[Frank Kelley]

Noticed this the other day, is it just me, or does it appear rather small?

Originally Posted by cw2311

Hello all you Commando collectors! There is a nice looking beret closing on ebay today.

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/231050186317?...#ht_360wt_1170

Cheers

[cw2311]

Good call Frank!

However, I have seen some slight variance in size with certain makers. I took a better look at all the pictures and I’m not 100% sure on this one. I would like a closer look at the stitching around the binding. Perhaps it’s just my computer but does the liner look hand stitched to the leather binding? It almost appears in some shots that the liner is not stitched overtop of the leather binding?

He does offer returns if you’re not satisfied, which is good. This would be one of those ones I would like to handle to get a better look at some details. Even some better pictures might do the trick.

Cheers

[3battalion]

What's with the red patch behind the badge? I thought this was only used on the blue beret for Marines going through basic training who weren't yet Commando qualified?

The Combined Ops patch sewn on the beret looks original. All a bit of a mystery.

Paul

[Old Smelly]

Originally Posted by 3battalion

What's with the red patch behind the badge? I thought this was only used on the blue beret for Marines going through basic training who weren't yet Commando qualified?

The Combined Ops patch sewn on the beret looks original. All a bit of a mystery.

Paul

the blue beret for Marines going through basic training who weren't yet Commando qualified?
This is a post war thing, in WW2 the RM were not originally commando troops, some of them converted c1942/43 and wore the green beret but many branches like gunners, MNBDO, small boat and landing craft crews wore the blue beret with the red patch behind the badge. later in the war the RM Commando units received re-inforcements from these branches, many of which worked along side them.

I do not like the leather band on the ebay beret mentioned above, looks like it's been repaired or replaced
Lee

[cw2311]

The auction closed at $610… I have no idea what a ‘fair market value’ is for a Commando beret. Can anyone comment on average price for a 1944 dated one? I would guess they are rarer than airborne berets?


Cheers

[ASR142]

hi guys
not good at all !!
the beret has had its linner replaced the beret well the outer green section looks like a post war comptons example note on pic 5 the straight line runiing from center to outer edge !
the leather band has been replaced and stiched on to it this is can bee seen in pics 3,7, and 8 quite clearly .
note pic 7 you can see very clearly the old stich marks below the current ones
and i would say the badge is a very new add on as theres no wear etc to the rear .
there is other things as well !! that are wrong !!
steve

[3battalion]

Hi Lee,

Thanks for answering my question.

Looks like the consensus is that this is a made up a beret.

Paul

[Phillip Herring]

Sure glad I didn't buy that one based on the enthusiastic "alert" in post 1.

Phil

[Frank Kelley]

Not one that you would want to buy, it just looked so wrong, but, the size really got me, it just looked so, well, small really!

[Frank Kelley]

I think whilst they may be hard to find, it really depends on what, if anything, is on the beret concerned, if its just a basic issue beret, then an airborne 1944, would, I feel, go for much more money these days.

Originally Posted by cw2311

The auction closed at $610… I have no idea what a ‘fair market value’ is for a Commando beret. Can anyone comment on average price for a 1944 dated one? I would guess they are rarer than airborne berets?


Cheers

[DJT]

Interesting to read in the auction description who the original seller of the beret was.

[cw2311]

Interesting Des,

I guess that beret was just sold from person to person and taken at face value as being legit. Live and learn I guess.

[Jack8]

Hope the buyer gets a second opinion or discovers the problem, as to be fair to the seller he is offering a money back guarantee less postage for up to 14 days.

Jack