British Troops in Austria

[Mike Jackson]

Post VE Day, British Troops in Austria inherited Eighth Army's well known sign, but has the version with Gothic (?) letters BTA ever been seen as a cloth sign, or seen painted on a vehicle?
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[NEMO]

HI Mike , thanks for showing, may be it was manufactured by a German jewler / craftsman who just happened to use gothic script with out really thinking as he had been for the last 13 years or so making nazi shields ??

[Mike Jackson]

Originally Posted by NEMO

HI Mike , thanks for showing, may be it was manufactured by a German jewler / craftsman who just happened to use gothic script with out really thinking as he had been for the last 13 years or so making nazi shields ??

Could be. The photograph was taken in the Museum of Army Transport, Leconfield about 20 year ago - I think it the design was painted on a metal rectangular plate - possibly once part of a unit signboard. Mike

[11th Armoured]

My Dad was part of the BTA between 1951 & 1952 - with the Warwicks at Hawkesworth Barracks, Graz (formerly SS-Kaserne Wetzelsdorf (Waffen-SS Wetzelsdorf barracks)).

Unfortunately, I can only find two photos that show the formation sign, & both are rather grainy & indistinct - that said, there doesn't seem to be anything much written across the centre of the badge that I can make out.

[Mike Jackson]

Many thanks. It looks like a Vienna Garrison (?) sign on the left and the unadorned BTA on the right. Mike

[11th Armoured]

Originally Posted by Mike Jackson

Many thanks. It looks like a Vienna Garrison (?) sign on the left and the unadorned BTA on the right. Mike

The left hand sign is actually the Midland Brigade (to which belonged the Warwicks (the 'VI') & the Lincolns (the 'X'), both of whom my Dad served with post-war).