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25-01-12, 03:02 PM
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British Forces Middle East
A Christmas Card with interpretations of various formation signs as they must have appeared on letter headings, on signboards and on vehicles in 1945. Most differ in detail from the illustrations in Howard Cole's Heraldry in War, Second Edition. For example, his depiction shows Cyrenaica District as black on white. Nothing startling here, but it's all grist to the mill.
Middle East 1945.jpg 
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26-01-12, 08:22 AM
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Mike,
If I can go off at a tangent, I cannot find much about the sign HQ Land Forces Perisan Gulf other than the illustration in one of the Wearing pamphlets. I presume the design is a stylised outline of the area but I would be gratful if you could confirm that is the case. Peter
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26-01-12, 08:59 AM
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According to a 1959 reference in a file in the National Archives the design translates as “Al Khalij” the Arabic for The Gulf.
Postwarden
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26-01-12, 09:45 AM
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As a (lapsed) Arabist I can confirm that that is the case - al-Khaleej الخليج
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26-01-12, 10:01 AM
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Thanks Jon and Mike,
Peter
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