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Old 17-06-19, 09:12 PM
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Default SAS beret on ebay

did anyone on here buy this?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WW2-BRITI...rdt=true&rt=nc

I did not like it.
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Old 17-06-19, 09:17 PM
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I hope not!

Same seller as this ‘little gem’ https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...575#post481575
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Old 17-06-19, 09:31 PM
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Clearly something wrong if it only sold for £410.00 They can fetch as much as £23,000
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Old 17-06-19, 09:40 PM
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Is the seller a member of the forum?
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Old 18-06-19, 08:51 AM
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Completely awful beret, badge is an atrocious copy.
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Old 19-06-19, 07:41 PM
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Old 23-06-19, 12:00 PM
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I thought with the exception of Paddy Mayne, at the time of Normandy all SAS wore the maroon beret?
Surely it can't be his!!!
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Old 23-06-19, 05:06 PM
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Four hundred quid is an awful lot of money to just throw away.


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Old 24-06-19, 09:59 AM
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Awful beret as fake as a US$2 bill. The SAS originals and other old hands from
were unofficially allowed by Paddy Maine to wear the sand beret in 1944/5. On period pictures you see mixed wear majority maroon but some sand. But certainly not this one!!!!Cheers JB.

QUOTE=mac66;481979]I thought with the exception of Paddy Mayne, at the time of Normandy all SAS wore the maroon beret?
Surely it can't be his!!![/QUOTE]
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Old 24-06-19, 10:31 AM
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Default $2 bills!

Are in fact real....i have one! Fairly worthless....mainly kept for good luck...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United...wo-dollar_bill
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Old 24-06-19, 10:36 AM
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Yep, from one of my UN pay packets via a US Army base in Sarajevo:
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Old 24-06-19, 01:43 PM
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Give you $1.99 for it mate.
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Old 24-06-19, 01:48 PM
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As long as that includes a couple of wooden nickels and a plugged dime....
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mmm, its a worry this stuff is turning up
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Old 20-07-19, 02:43 PM
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I find it a bit of a worry that a surprising number of people seem willing to simply throw their money away without any forethought whatsoever.


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