The London Scottish (The Gordon Highlanders TA) Embroidered Regimental Flash Arm Designation
From its establishment in 1859 The London Scottish wore Hodden Grey uniforms with dark blue facings until 1914. In Khaki and on Battledress they wore a a Hodden Grey square with a dark blue thistle to commemorate this. Removed from uniform, the white mesh to the reverse is synthetic which makes this a post WW2 example, most probably 1950s early 1960s.
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WW2 Eighth 8th Army Printed Cloth Formation Sign
Removed from uniform, not that easy to come by a printed version. In good condition.
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WW2 Anti-Aircraft Command Embroidered Cloth Formation Sign
Removed from uniform, a thickly embroidered black on red formation sign, better than usually encountered.
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GHQ Middle East Land Forces (MELF) Printed Cloth Formation Sign
Removed from uniform, ragged edges to top and bottom, stain to reverse. Reasonable condition. Worn in facing pairs, a yellow camel set on a shield evenly divided into red and blue, with yellow edging. Introduced in 1947. Scarce.
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WW2 Embroidered Matched Facing Pair 1st Pattern 49th ( West Riding ) Division Formation Signs - Iceland Force
Removed from uniform, a padded pair of facing white (these ones could do with a bath as they now look light brown) polar bears each on an iceberg against a black background. The padding is original battle dress material. 1st pattern with polar bear's head facing down. Worn from May 1940 onwards. 10th and 11th DLI amongst other units wore these. Possibly officers.
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Gordon Highlanders Tartan Kilt Patch Backing for Cap Badge
A three inch square Gordon tartan patch as worn behind the cap badge. Good thick cloth with intersection of the thin yellow stripes correct in the centre of the patch.
"Badge Backings & Special Embellishments of the British Army" p 142 refers.
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Middle East - British Military Mission - Libya Embroidered Formation Sign Patch Flash
As worn, a scarce embroidered example of the white Star and Crescent within Arabic script on a circular background of red black and green, with four press-stud fittings to the reverse. In very good condition. Worn 1958 - 1969. The mission was very small. In 1958 it consisted of only 10 officers, 12 SNCOs and 12 administrative ORs.
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4/7 4th / 7th Dragoon Guards RAC Regimental Flash Cloth Arm Designation
Worsted cloth formation sign. Diamond black border with chevrons in black, gold and two in dull red. Hessian backed. Small black diamond was worn at the top. Worn by all ranks on battledress. In very good condition.
Introduced in 1939 when the regiment was mobilised with the BEF to go to France. It was expected that for security reasons, the regiment would not be permitted to wea... read more
O Neg Cloth Patch
Modern British forces blood type tactical patch on velcro for O negative, the latter of which can be given to any patient in an emergency so is of particular value (The Quartermaster's boss (Mrs F) has so far given 56 pints of O negative). I guess if a soldier is wounded it is also important to know that they are O negative, as they can only receive their own blood type or plasma. Soldiers ar... read more
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WW2 - 2nd Battalion the Wiltshire Regiment / 5th ( Yorkshire ) Division Battledress Combination
1st Pattern printed 5th Division formation sign above a maroon / purple Maltese cross for the 2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment sewn on to a cut out panel of battledress sleeve. Some mothing to Wiltshire cross on left hand-side otherwise in good condition.
The 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment, began the war as part of the 13th Infantry Brigade, which also included 2nd Cameronian... read more