cWW2 1943-49 XIX 19th United States (US) Army Corps Formation Sign Patch Badge

U.S. Army XIX Corps shoulder sleeve insignia cloth badge worn from October 1943 - March 10, 1949. VGC.

On October 10, 1943, the Headquarters, III Armored Corps was reorganized and re-designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, XIX Corps. It fought as part of the First and Ninth Armies, fighting on the Western Front of World War II. Disbanded on 5 September 1945 in France...  read more

Code: 1311

c1952-92 Women's Royal Army Corps (WRAC) Anodised Aluminium Cap Badge Gaunt

W.R.A.C. ano staybrite cap badge make marked 'JR GAUNT B'HAM'. VGC.

The Women's Royal Army Corps (WRAC; sometimes pronounced acronymic-ally as /ˈræk/, a term unpopular with its members) was the corps to which all women in the British Army belonged from 1949 to 1992 except medical, dental and veterinary officers and chaplains, who belonged to the same corps as the men; the Ulster ...  read more

Code: 1310

c2019 Operation Inherent Resolve Combined Joint Task Force Iraq Syria Libya Counter IED ATO EOD Operators Bomb Disposal Patch Badge

c2019 patch from an Ammunition Technical Officer (ATO) IED Royal Logistic Corps (RLC) Officer - part of Op Inherent Resolve. Guy Fawke's face to centre. VGC.

American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–2021), American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War, and American intervention in Libya (2015–2019).

2019
Further information: Timeline of the American-led ...  read more

Code: 1309

Rhodesia Rhodesian Chaplaincy Prison Service Collar Badges

Rhodie Chaplain's Prison Service pair of collar badges brass on lugs, scarce. VGC.

The Rhodesia Prison Service (RPS) was a law enforcement agency of Rhodesia. A subdivision of the Rhodesian Security Forces, it was responsible for the administration of the Rhodesian prison system. Established in 1954 as the Southern Rhodesia Prison Department and incorporated into the federal pris...  read more

Code: 1308

c1972-95 Royal Observer Corps (ROC) Cloth 'Master Pass' Annual Test Blue Spitfire Badge Patch

R.O.C. Blue Spitfire: 1 annual test on dark blue, embroidered cloth insignia. VGC.

To be successfully awarded the Blue Spitfire badge, the Observer was required to gain a single 'Master Pass' i.e. a score of 90% or above. After five successful 'master passes' of the test led to the award of a red spitfire badge and after a maximum 25 'master passes' led to gold spitfire badge. Su...  read more

Code: 1307

c1965-80 Rhodesian Prison Service Rhodesia Pair of Collar Badges

Rhodie Prison Service pr of chrome collars on lugs (one lug missing on one collar). Apart from missing lug, VGC.


Prior to 1954, prisons in Southern Rhodesia were administered by the Southern Rhodesia Prison Department (SRPD). On 30 November 1954, the Federal Assembly of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland passed the Prisons Department Act (49/1954), which incorporate...  read more

Code: 1306

Blue Tail Flies 37th Airlift Squadron C-130J Flight Suit Flying Patch Badge United States Air Force (USAF)

American C-130 Hercules Flying Suit badge U.S.A.F. Velcro backed. VGC.

The 37th Airlift Squadron is part of the 86th Airlift Wing at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. It operates Lockheed C-130J Super Hercules aircraft providing theater airlift.  read more

Code: 1305

Vintage Boy Scouts Surrey District Cloth Patch Badge

Boy Scouts Surrey arm patch. GC.  read more

Code: 1304

c1952-92 WO1 Women's Royal Army Corps (WRAC) Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) Rank Badge Patch

Warrant Officer Class 1 rank badge to W.R.A.C. patch.  read more

Code: 1303

Vintage British South Africa Police (BSAP) Badged Silk Cravat

Vintage B.S.A.P. cravat neck-tie in VGC.

The British South Africa Police (BSAP) was, for most of its existence, the police force of Southern Rhodesia and Rhodesia (renamed Zimbabwe in 1980). It was formed as a paramilitary force of mounted infantrymen in 1889 by Cecil Rhodes' British South Africa Company, from which it took its original name, the British South Africa Company's ...  read more

Code: 1302