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 distinction, and the sweep across Germany to the Elbe which ended with the German's surrender in May 1945.

BoBD (Jon Mills) No 1416 / Cole p35 refer.

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Code: 65070