WW2 Scottish Command Troops Printed Cloth Formation Sign
Yellow lion rampant on a red square. Removed from uniform. Hessian backed (some separation - reverse of lion visible on reverse. Otherwise in good condition.
B. Morris Part 1 p39 No 8 refers.
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78th Infantry Division Printed Cloth Formation Sign
Printed cloth formation sign. Worn by among others the 5th Battalion Hampshire Regiment in North Africa. Part of the 1st Army.
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WW2 49th Infantry Division (West Riding) Printed Formation Sign
3rd Pattern as worn later in WW2, from April 1943 onwards. Removed from uniform and in good condition. The 49th.Division were part of 21st Army Group and landed with the invasion forces in Normandy in June 1944.
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WW2 30 Corps Printed Cloth Formation Sign
Removed from uniform and in good condition. A black charging boar in a white circle on a black background. Originally part of the Eighth Army in North Africa, 30 Corps retuned home in early 1944 to prepare to join 21st Army Group for the Normandy Landings.
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WW2 RAMC (Royal Army Medical Corps) Jungle Green Theatre Made Cloth Shoulder Title
Removed from uniform. In good condition. As worn in tropics and Far East.
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WW2 Royal Artillery (RA) Calico Printed Matched Pair of Cloth Shoulder Titles
Removed from uniform, in very good condition. As worn from late 1943.
Jon Mills BoBD No 2944 refers.
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WW2 Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders ( A&SH) Diced Embroidered Cloth Flash Designation
Red and white diced with green ends on khaki. Circa 6.7cm wide and 2.5cm deep. Removed from uniform and in very good condition.
Worn by regular units but also worn by the 54th (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (ex 9th Bn)) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment and 402nd Light Regiment, Royal Artillery (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders ) (TA).
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WW2 Monte Cassino Group Attributed to a Polish Soldier (Poland)
Acquired some time ago, these items all came together (so will not split), dog tags, cloth / bullion insignia and medal ribbon bar with the Monte Cassino metal attachment as worn by Polish forces present at the siege.
British issue dog tags to serving Polish soldier, translates as follows (happy to be corrected):
A. P. = Armia Polska
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1914 Xmas Card from Pte James Moore Bede College Durham University / 8th Territorial Battalion Durham Light Infantry (DLI)
An embossed printed Christmas Card from Pte James Moore of Denby Huddersfield dated 1914 and with the crests of B Coy 8th (Durham City Territorial Bn) DLI and above the crest of Bede College with the words "Foreign Service".
Sadly he as KIA 14th May 1915 aged 21. Comes with a copy of his CWGC certificate and a copy of his obituary referred to below.
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Royal Australian Navy ( RAN ) Officers Large Gilt Button, pre 1952
RAN officer's gilt button in very good condition with fixed shank and maker marked Stokes & Sons, Melbourne. Circa 24mm in diameter.
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6.00 GBP