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Old 01-11-11, 12:35 PM
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Hi,

in amongst a small collection of militaria left to me by my Dad was this cloth badge:





I have no idea if it's even military in origin, so any thoughts or advice would be gratefully accepted. For the record, he served in the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment in Palestine, Egypt & Trans-Jordan, and then with the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in Austria, but whether this was something he picked up on his travels, I can't say.


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Old 01-11-11, 01:01 PM
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The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment was the old 10th Regiment of Foot; X =10...
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Old 01-11-11, 01:24 PM
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And the group charged with capturing and 'turning' German agents in the UK in WWII was called "the Twenty Committee" - XX = "double cross" and "20". Clever, wot?
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Old 01-11-11, 01:52 PM
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The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment was the old 10th Regiment of Foot; X =10...
That had certainly crossed my mind, too, but whether it's just a coincidence in this case I don't know...


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Old 01-11-11, 03:36 PM
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Prior to, and during WW2, the Lincs Regt wore a red 'X' on a blue background as a pagri/bush hat flash. Maybe this is a washed out version.

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Old 01-11-11, 05:11 PM
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Prior to, and during WW2, the Lincs Regt wore a red 'X' on a blue background as a pagri/bush hat flash. Maybe this is a washed out version.

Stephen.
That's very interesting Stephen, & to follow it up I've just done a Google search that turned up an auction lot of a 1941 Lincolnshire Regiment bush hat (sadly no photo) which is described as having a "regimental flash of a red X, against a black square worn by a member of the 1st Bn." IF this description is correct (& they're not mistaking dark blue for black, for instance), would this suggest that the coloured background might differentiate between battalions (which might make sense) - although a white background would still seem unlikely, I would've thought. Incidentally (in case it makes a difference), my Dad was 2nd Bn. initially, which was then merged/reformed as 1st Bn.


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Kevin,

Nice collection of photos etc.

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There are a series of crosses in waring that relate to Machine gun corps coy's some with backings, but no direct match, my money would be on a Lincolnshire variation. It looks like linen or flanalete. The museum may know.
Very interesting flash. Kevin
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Also possibly a variation of an arm patch if not previously mentioned. There are some examples in my album.
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Old 01-04-12, 07:08 AM
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In my opinion a locally made regimental flash for the Lincolns - possibly even worn on sports kit. The Regiment was very keen on the red X - it was worn on battledress in a variety of formats - usually red on blue - and was even worn by officers of 6 Lincolns as a cloth beret badge in Italy.
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