Not a badge as such...Red Beret

[Mike_2817]

The Royal British Legion Dark Blue Beret still has 2 eyelets to take a lugged Standard Bearers Beret Badge, while the Bandmans Badge for the Peaked Cap has a slider.

The berets are produced by Crompton & Webb and are maked as such or CW Headress Ltd.

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Originally Posted by grip

Really,it's a very widely accepted pattern in kangol red berets,look on WAF or war relics and see for yourself
Ivan

Dear Ivan,

I am really sorry to say that both berets you show are fakes.


Wartime kangol berets and other manufacturers for that matter never had a weave like yours. Wartime berets are constructed as a cut birthday cake or pizza. But cut with a curved knife. The knitting machine used was made up of several knittingheads in a cirkel sowing diagionally towards the center overlapping slightly to knit the parts together ,creating the "swirls" seen on very well used berets and not visible on mint beret!

I am sure both your berets came from the same seller on ebay as i saw them at the time, this seller had one beret a month usually buy it now with a lower end price. All the same fake construction.

Sorry m8, you were not the only one that got stung.

Regards,

Johan

[silverwash]

the dreaded circle ! crop ? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Original-W...item2c6aaf50c4

[Luc]

Originally Posted by silverwash

the dreaded circle

Please note that spiral weave is not unique for British made berets, let alone British made berets from WW2.

I wonder why the seller thinks it is made by Kangol?

[silverwash]

Kangol is an old Babylonian word, roughly translated as " Open Sesame ". and their eyes fell upon riches.
thought process probably influenced by Post #6

[ASR142]

Originally Posted by Luc

Please note that spiral weave is not unique for British made berets, let alone British made berets from WW2.

I wonder why the seller thinks it is made by Kangol?

Hi Guys
The round weave is actually normaly seen on a modern compton beret haveing looked at recent examples at fairs etc steve