cWW2 King's (Liverpool) Regimental Flash Pagri / Arm Designation Chindits

Maroon and blue, non synthetic material.

The 1st Battalion was in India and Burma for the duration of WW2 and became part of the Chindits - Pagri flashes - worn on the slouch hat or sun helmet.

The 5th and 9th Battalions also, wore them as arm flashes while serving with the 55th Division, the 5th wearing them horizontally and the 9th vertically.

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Code: 97

Gloucestershire Regiment Territorial 'Blank Scroll' Officer Service Dress (OSD) Cap Badge c1908-21

Gosters OSD cap badge as worn by Officers in the 4th, 5th and 6th Battalions on the Khaki OSD Cap.

Nicely cast in bronze with 2 blades to reverse.

Ref: KK 1720  read more

Code: 92

Scarce Bandsman Forage Cap Badge 1st (City of Dundee) Volunteer Battalion Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Scottish 1st (City of Dundee) VB BW (RH) White Metal Band Member Forage Cap Badge.

Die struck in white metal with two long copper loops to the reverse.

NB: 4.2cms tall as per most cap badges.

Ref: Bloomer "Badges of the Highland and Lowland Regiments" p75 refers.  read more

Code: 89

cWW1 Scottish 6th Territorial Battalion Royal Highlanders Black Watch Shoulder Title

A fine scarce brass Territorial shoulder title to the 6th Battalion, Black Watch Royal highlanders. Three loops to the reverse. VGC. 1908-21.

6th Perthshire Bn, HQ at Perth Scotland. Landed France 2 May 1915. Amalgamated with 7th Battalion in 1921.

Ref: Westlake 1168  read more

Code: 86

cWW2 - 1950s 29th Independent Infantry Brigade Embroidered Felt Cloth Formation Sign

In unissued condition.

Worn by the 29th Independent Brigade group during the Second World War. The circle was said to represent the 'O' of General Oliver Leese, who was the first commander of the formation. Also, worn 1950s Korean War era issue for which the 29th Independent Infantry Brigade, which was formed as part of United Nations forces and completed Operations in Korea in...  read more

Code: 85

cWW1 Durham Light Infantry Regiment Slip-On Shoulder Title Cloth Badge

DLI Great War period embroidered title. GC.  read more

Code: 84

King's Own Scottish Borderers Regiment Pagri Badge c1930-45

KOSB Regimental cloth sunhat/hemet/Slouch hat pagri cap badge flash. VGC.

Dims: 2.5"x 2" or 6.5cm x 5.2cms.

NB: Non synthetic materials.

In the period between the wars, the regiment's regular battalions were sent all over the British Empire to Ireland, Egypt and Hong Kong but were quickly recalled home at the outbreak of the Second World War in Septe...  read more

Code: 81

Scots Guards Officers' Pattern Cap Badge

Non-maker marked. Two-piece construction, voided gilt insignia on a St Andrew’s cross overlying a multi-rayed star with a central circlet bearing the motto NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT: 'none provokes me with impunity' enclosing a thistle. Lugs, in mint condition.  read more

Code: 80

Royal Fusiliers (City of London) cWW1 Slip-On Shoulder Title Slide Cloth

RRF Great War Period slip-on. VGC.

The regiment served in many wars and conflicts throughout its long existence, including the Second Boer War, the First World War and the Second World War. In 1968, the regiment was amalgamated with the other regiments of the Fusilier Brigade – the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, the Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers and the Lancashire Fusiliers – to...  read more

Code: 78

cWW1 Suffolk Regiment Slip-On Shoulder Title Badge

VGC period Great War slip-on.

The 1st Battalion landed at Le Havre as part of the 84th Brigade in the 28th Division in January 1915 for service on the Western Front and then transferred to Egypt on 24 October 1915. It suffered some 400 casualties at the Second Battle of Ypres in May 1915.

The 2nd Battalion landed at landed at Le Havre as part of the 14th Brigade i...  read more

Code: 71