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Here's another interesting little tidbit relating to Dorothea production. I have attached a picture of a current day para beret beside a 1943 dated para beret. As you can see, the actual size of the grommet never changed for decades.
1943 - steel 1993 - aluminum. Cheers
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Hi, not sure if this is the right place, if not move it. This is a recent pick up of a friend at a local market, he said when it was dampened it showed a 44 date, I couldn't see it,best wishes Mike
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Hello Mike,
Interesting cap badge/beret combo you’ve got there, especially if it’s dated 1944. If possible, please post a good close up picture of the makers mark and turn the beret inside-out and get a picture of the liner so I can see some of the loop stitching that seems to be around the liner. Cheers
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Hi, as I said it belongs to a friend. Next time I'm at his house I'll get him to get it out of the garage again, best wishes Mike
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The PPCLI beret is totally consistent with the parachute policy of the post war Cdn army. It was decided that each of the regular force regiments would have a para qualified battalion as part of the Mobile Striking Force formed in 1948. They wore the regimental badge and the maroon beret. The PPCLI were the first to train a battalion as para qualified and wore jump boots and the maroon beret. All battalions were granted permission to wear the grey badge backing circa 1948.
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Opps, the berets were from existing stocks and then new orders were placed. The RCR and R 22e R also trained parachute battalions.
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Agreed Bill,
I suspect the beret to be post-war simply because of what appears to be loop stitching, which is why I requested a few more pictures, that’s all. Cheers
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Hi,
I have a khaki beret by Dorothea Knitting Mills Limited dated 1945 with non ferrous grommets, is this possible? Regards, juno-44 |
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