WW2 Commando Special Forces Printed 'Tombstone' Version of the Combined Operations Embroidered Formation Designation Sign Flash Patch

cWWII printed Combined Ops arm flash badge. Facing right. VGC .

Designed by Lieutenant Douglas A. Grant, RNVR in 1942 and officially approved in February 1942 by Lord Louis Mountbatten, Chief of Combined Operations Command.

The badge was awarded to Commandos, RN, Beach trained specialists and other Special Forces. The Cdos completing the Commando Training course at No 1 Combined Training Centre (CTC) in Scotland.
Commandos served in every theatre of operations from Europe to the Far East during World War II.

Code: 866