Bomb disposal badge

[54Bty]

Originally Posted by SAS1

One of my first ever badges was a mint uncut printed BD, they were ten a penny!

I have an old 1940's dated penny if you have ten badges lying around someplace.

Marc

[WWIIBuff]

Originally Posted by Postwarden

Always important to remember with WW2 badges that officers bought their own from civilian tailors who could have purchased their badges from any number of suppliers. ORs badges were issued to them but even these could have been made by a number of suppliers.

The OR's badge issued after all such badges were printed -like the sample attached - shows blue bands round the bomb's nose suggesting that it was the approved version. But as the other scan shows if an officer wanted a gold wire version for his SD jacket he bought one.

It's sad but if a badge is no longer attached to a period uniform there is no way to be absolutely certain of the period it was used. The two examples shown are still attached to their original battle dress jackets; the example with black bands is wartime, that with blue bands postwar.

Jon

Thanks for the information Jon, and the great examples. You mentioned in your last paragraph about the example with the "black" bands being wartime, but all four of your pictures show blue bands. Do you have a black band example to post?

Any chance we could see pictures of the entire uniform that those sleeves belong to?

[WWIIBuff]

Originally Posted by SAS1

One of my first ever badges was a mint uncut printed BD, they were ten a penny!

Do you still have it? If so, please post a pictures of the front and back.

[Postwarden]

Two badged RE Bomb Disposal battle dress blouses.

Jon

[manchesters]

Whats the verdict on this one?

WW2 ?

Officers ?

any help welcome.

reagrds

[54Bty]

Originally Posted by manchesters

Whats the verdict on this one?
WW2 ?
Officers ?
any help welcome.
reagrds

For wear on Number 1 Dress; NSN: CB 8455-99-974-2067. Pattern 15937. Still authorised.

Marc

[manchesters]

Originally Posted by 54Bty

For wear on Number 1 Dress; NSN: CB 8455-99-974-2067. Pattern 15937. Still authorised.

Marc

Thanks, when did it start to be worn, WW2 or later?

reagrsd

[WWIIBuff]

Originally Posted by Postwarden

Two badged RE Bomb Disposal battle dress blouses.

Jon

Wow! Those are fantastic!!! Thanks for sharing pictures of both uniforms with us Jon. Congratulations on having those in your collection. Did they both belong to the same soldier?

I am also encouraged after seeing your WWII example, as it appears to have the same badge I showed in post #21 above.

Could you possibly show us a close-up picture of the badge from the WWII uniform? You did not post it with the other close-up in post #27. Do you have the bullion example on a uniform too?

[fairlie63]

For the air force bomb disposal collectors out there.

http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/Searc....aspx?B=510605

Keith

[Blue Puttees]

I realize this thread deals primarily with British Army Bomb Disposal. With that said, did the RAF have a BD unit assigned to Combined Operations?

http://www.chairbornemilitaria.co.uk/shop.php

http://www.chairbornemilitaria.co.uk...h=11780&phqu=5

[WWIIBuff]

Originally Posted by Blue Puttees

I realize this thread deals primarily with British Army Bomb Disposal. With that said, did the RAF have a BD unit assigned to Combined Operations?

http://www.chairbornemilitaria.co.uk/shop.php

http://www.chairbornemilitaria.co.uk...h=11780&phqu=5

That is a really nice looking Battledress, if it is legitimate.

[WWIIBuff]

Here is another BD badge I recently picked up. It appears to be the un-cut or un-shaped version of the one I posted earlier with identical construction methods. I assume they were manufactured on the rectangular piece of red felt, then the soldier would trim it to the oval shape before sewing on a uniform.

[Darrell]

Hi

A 'bottom of the tin" type find!

For reference.

regards
Darrell

[WWIIBuff]

Nice pick-up, mothy or not.

[SAS1]

Originally Posted by WWIIBuff

Do you still have it? If so, please post a pictures of the front and back.

Unfortunately it's long gone, my fledgling badge collection pinched about 35 years ago. But it was just the badge you see printed on a white cotton rectangle. At the time there was a camping-cum military surplus-cum bric-a-brac store near me that sold a few badges. You could hardly move in there. I think they were about 50p.

One of two ladies who worked in there, along with the old fella who ran it was one Sally Bosley! Pre cravat!!