c1943 - 46 Scarce 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division Embroidered '2nd Pattern' WW2 Cloth Formation Sign Badge

Nice 2nd Patt c1943 49th Div 'Polar Bear' embroidered scarce Formation Sign. VGC.

The 49th (West Riding) Inf Division British Army. The Division fought in the First World War in the trenches of the Western Front, in the fields of France and Flanders. During the Second World War, it was moved to Iceland adopting the polar Baer flash. The Division fought in the Norwegian Campaign and in North-Western Europe. After the Second World War, it was disbanded in 1946, then reformed in 1947. It remained with Northern Command until finally disbanded in 1967.

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