c1937-52 cWW2 The Life Guards Brass Other Ranks Cap Badge

Scarce GVI The Life Guards. Slider. VGC.

Ref: Gaylor Page 8, & KK1875 (OSD - mentioned GVI only).

During the Second World War, again forming part of the HCCR, the Life Guards undertook armoured reconnaissance duties in Palestine, Iraq, Iran, Egypt and Italy. In 1944, the Life Guards took part in the D-Day Normandy landings and the advance through France to liberate Brussels. In the late 1940s, they were deployed to the Middle East, initially in Egypt, garrisoned at Kasr-el-Nil Barracks in Cairo from 1946 to 1947, and then in Palestine from 1947. In 1948, the unit left the Middle East and returned to England on leave. In 1952, it returned to Germany as part of the 11th Armoured Division

Code: 1985