2nd Battalion Dorset Regiment BCOF Pair of Theatre Made Shoulder Titles

A Scarce matching pair cut from original battledress tunic. Some hints / traces of white blanco to the lettering as was common practice. In very good condition.

Worn only 1946 - 1948 by the 2nd Battalion of the Dorset Regiment in Japan as part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces (BCOF), 5th Infantry Brigade. Their task involved dismantling the Japanese war machine, disposal of war stores, monitoring the Japanese elections in 1946, repatriation of POWs, patrols to prevent smuggling and illegal entry. etc.

BoBD (J Mills) No 3819 refers.

Comm GrH

Code: 61959