Para patches real or fake ???

[arrestingu]

....can anyone more knowledgeable please advise me on these flashes ..thanks steve

[tcrown]

Steve,
my advice is to stay away from these (lack of details on the figure, no "ghosting" on the back). Cheers
Pierre

[arrestingu]

Hi Pierre,
Thanks for the reply , bought this pair a while back...couldn't find similiar copies , so I wondered if they were issued or private purchase ..or yes simply junk !!
Thanks
Steve

[Arnhemjim]

Hello Steve,
Once more into the breech. Hope that the following article from my blog will provide the information you're looking for. See: http://arnhemjim.blogspot.com/p/british-militaria.html and http://arnhemjim.blogspot.com/2017/1...aria-wwii.html. It may be even more than you ever wanted to know.
Best regards,
Arnhem Jim
Arizona Territory

[tcrown]

Originally Posted by arrestingu

Hi Pierre,
Thanks for the reply , bought this pair a while back...couldn't find similiar copies , so I wondered if they were issued or private purchase ..or yes simply junk !!
Thanks
Steve

Steve,
I’m not sure printed pegasus for private purchase ever existed, only embroidered patches in my view.
I believe yours are copies, unfortunately.
Pierre

[Luc]

These are indeed replicas, possibly from Pegasus Militaria.

[Harry Katyn]

I have a pair of Pegasus similar to those posted initially. I have always been dubious of their authenticity as again they have no ‘ghosting’ on the rear, the cloth is thinner and stiffer (almost like they had been starched) than the original WWII patches. They came with a pair of genuine L/blue on maroon Para Regt embroidered shoulder titles and post war wings. I was told that the Pegasus patches were post war issue which tied in with the accompanying insignia.

Did printed post war issue Pegasus patches (if they ever existed) have the same characteristics as their wartime counterparts?

I have also uploaded images of a single printed Pegasus patch which came in a mixed lot of genuine and reproduction airborne insignia I picked up a number of years ago. I held on to it because, apart from the glaringly obvious colour difference, it was a reasonable facsimile of the originals and as I have never seen another one like it I thought it may have been a manufacturers’ error - or is it just a really poor attempt at a reproduction?