Mistery Red Bull Head cloth sign

[loupie1961]

Hello everybody,

it has come in a lot of cloth British and Indian WW 2 insignia: a triangular cloth sign with a red bull head and a figure of "82". I think it could be military,but still one never knows... thank you for your knowledge, gents!

[peter monahan]

The British 79th Armoured Division were the outfit with the 'funnies' which first saw action at D-Day. Their badge was a bull's head in a triangle see below].

The 82nd Assault Squadron [RE] was a unit of that division. Possibly a theatre made unit patch? The 79th also saw action in NW Europe.

[loupie1961]

Originally Posted by peter monahan

The British 79th Armoured Division were the outfit with the 'funnies' which first saw action at D-Day. Their badge was a bull's head in a triangle see below].

The 82nd Assault Squadron [RE] was a unit of that division. Possibly a theatre made unit patch? The 79th also saw action in NW Europe.

Hello Peter, thank you for the hint: I hadn't noticed that the shape and the composition of the the flash are very close to that of the 79th Armoured Division sign. Still in order to be RE one would suppose that the backing of the bull's head should be blue, whereas here is black, rather.