WW2 - 11th Armoured Division Facing Matching Pair of Embroidered Formation Signs
Embroidered black bull charging with red eyes, horns and hooves on a yellow felt rectangle. Gauze backing. In unissued condition.
The 11th Armoured Division was formed in 1941. It became part of 21st Army Group. It took part in the heavy fighting around Caen, the breakout of the Normandy beachhead. Fought in Operations Market Garden and in the Battle of the Bulge with distincti... read more
WW2 3rd Infantry Division Matched Pair of Felt Cloth Formation Signs
Removed from uniform but in very good condition. An equilateral triangle formed of one red triangle surrounded by three dark black triangles.
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Manchester Regiment Regimental Flash Designation Formation Sign
Unissued but folded over for wear. A bit gruby but scarce.
As confirmed in BoBD (jon Mills) No 589 but not in the form of an arm of service stripe but as a larger piece of regimental ribbon. Yellow to left as facing the view.
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Monmouthshire (Wales) ACF Army Cade Force District Embroidered Cloth Formation Sign
An early looking badge in very good unissued condition as worn by Welsh cadets in this historic town.
Not to be confused with the WW1 patch to the 11th Battalion South Wales Borderers, which was of a similar design. However, I suppose it could fill a gap as looks quite similar.
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WW2 49th Infantry Division (West Riding) Printed Matched and Facing Pair of Formation Signs
3rd Pattern as worn later in WW2, from April 1943 onwards. Removed from uniform, faded but in 'been there, done that' condition.
The 49th.Division were part of 21st Army Group and landed with the invasion forces in Normandy in June 1944.
More about this here: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30071503
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Army Catering Corps (ACC) Printed Regimental Flash Sign Designation
Scarce printed example of the yellow " Flaming Urn " on a grey background. Worn by Army Catering Corps Army Emergency Reserve (AER) Units, circa 1955 - 1967. A thread stitch to front which can easily be removed otherwise in very good condition.
BoBD (Jon Mills) 5569 refers.
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British Troops in Iraq Multi National Division (South East), Embroidered Cloth Sleeve Arm Patch Badge Iraq 2005 - 2010
In unissued condition, some traces of paper to reverse as removed from display card.
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24 Engineer Group (Territorial Sappers) Printed 1st pattern Formation Sign
Printed example removed from uniform and folded over for wear. It displays the 55th (West Lancashire) Division's badge on RE colours. Worn from September 1947 - July 1951 only, a scarce title.
BoBD (Jon Mills) No 5440 / Morris p32
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WW2 1st Armoured Division (1st Pattern) & 2nd Armoured Brigade Printed Formation Sign
This pattern depicted a rather static rhinoceros and was replaced in 1942 with the second pattern which had an image of a charging rhino. Removed eom uniform, a bit wrinkled, with black backing cloth so not possible to see the usual 'bleed through' of the image against the light as found with printed cloth badges, but completely original. This badge continued to be worn by the 2nd Armoured B... read more
WW2 RAMC Southern Command Embroidered Royal Army Medical Corps RAMC Formation Sign
Woven Cloth Formation Badge in unissued condition.
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