cWW2 Pair of 'Bevo' Embroidered 53rd (Welsh) Division Cloth Formation Badges

Pair of 53 Welsh Div formation patches dating from the latter part of the Second World War. Removed from Battle Dress in GC.

These badges are a 'bevo style' embroidered examples and were most likely, made in Holland or Germany in the latter part of WWII.

53rd (Welsh) Division landed in Normandy on 28 June 1944, the second last British infantry division to land and was placed under command of XII Corps, defending the Odon Valley position.24 The division was involved in much fighting in this area, with the 158th Brigade detached to fight with the 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division in the Second Battle of the Odon (Operation Greenline) before Operation Goodwood in mid-July. In August it began to push beyond the Odon and crossed the river Orne, helping to close the Falaise Pocket. It was during this fighting that Acting Captain Tasker Watkins, Officer Commanding (OC) B Company of the 1/5th Battalion, Welch Regiment was awarded the Victoria Cross, the first and only to be awarded to the regiment and division during the war, as well as the only Welshman of the British Army during the Second World War to be awarded the VC.

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