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Old 15-07-18, 04:31 PM
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Default V FORCE - Fascinating Item

Given the very high quality of recent threads in this section of the forum, I am prompted to share the attached. At first, the badge may not appear 'convincing'. However - reference to Cole 'Formation Badges of World War Two' page 97 makes reference to this badge. This form of jungle headdress is believed not to be common with a date of 1945, and interestingly the faint outline of an officers name in the cap (Capt Brown) correlates with a member of Force 136 I believe. Records suggest V Force existed from 1 April 1942 to 15 January 1946.

A written record of this badge appears as early as 1947, in 'Heraldry in War' by H Cole - see page 148

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I will add images of a couple of other V Force items for reference, although they came from separate sources.

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Old 15-07-18, 04:35 PM
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Further items of V Force Insignia for reference
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Thanks Mike, great information!

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Old 15-07-18, 05:55 PM
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I am pleased you like it Greg - the 'cloth' headdress badge was a pattern I had completely overlooked
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Some very nice items indeed Mike,

Thanks for sharing.

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This form of jungle headdress is believed not to be common with a date of 1945.

Any thoughts welcome.
The 1944 pattern jungle service hat came about by the recommendation of the Lethbridge Mission, whose task it was to evaluate the clothing and equipment in use in 1943-44. Proposed in March 1945, and presumably made in larger quantities after the end of the War in Europe when production could be fully geared towards the war in the East.

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Old 16-07-18, 07:27 AM
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Thanks for the kind thoughts and very useful information - it is always good to learn more. I hope other V Force items get added to the thread with information such as that posted by Thomas too. I believe the 1945 dated cap can be quite expensive in its own right, and begin to understand why.
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Great stuff! Thanks for posting.
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Old 27-07-18, 06:11 AM
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I thought it might be helpful to post an image of the maker label / date for the bush hat in post 1. Apologies for poor quality image but hoping it is useful.
Mike

I hope this link works - it shows J Collett previously retailed Slouch hats among other military headdress

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=j+...hrome&ie=UTF-8

Here is a useful site on the subject

https://hatchfive.wordpress.com/2015...rn-jungle-hat/

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Default I have an SAS badge on a 44 dated cap

I have also seen similar in Jonathan Pittaways SAS Rhodesia.
Thanks Mike as always
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Default Jungle cap

Cap as mentioned 20181108_222137.jpg

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Old 20-03-19, 08:04 AM
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Jon
Great images - thanks for sharing
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