c1949-52 Women's Royal Army Corps Gilt Officer Collars KC
W.R.A.C. Women's Royal Army Corps Officer's pair of gilt collar badges. GC.
Ref: Churchill & Westlake Ref 410 refers. read more
10.00 GBP
c1949-52 Queen Alexandras Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC) Officer Silver Plate & Gilt Collar Badge
Q.A.R.A.N.C. Short lived 1949 -1952 officer pattern Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps silver plate and gilt. Maker 'JR Gaunt London'. King George VI crowned wreath bearing "Sub cruce Candida" (Under the White Cross) scrolls, the Dannebrog lettered "A" for Alexandra to the centre "Q.A.R.A.N.C" with applied sil plate title below. Two loop fittings. Near, VGC.
State Regi... read more
Defence Human Intelligence Unit (DHU) HUMINT Cloth Operator Arm Badge
D.H.U. Ops badge still sealed in store packet of issue. VGC.
Code: Pf2 read more
c1954 Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC) Shoulder Title Brass Badge
Q.A.R.A.N.C. Scarce, nurse's brass shoulder title introduced in 1954 and worn on tropical dress. Very good condition, complete with two loop fittings.
Width 37mm.
Ref: Westlake No 1809. read more
30.00 GBP
c1950s Women's Royal Army Corps (WRAC) Bi-Metal Other Rank's Cap Badge and Backing
W.R.A.C. bi-metal cap badge on slider with original vintage beret 'tear drop' cloth backing and part of beret. ERII crowned cap badge 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 office... read more
cWW2 No 5 Commando Pair of Paste Backed Cloth Shoulder Titles
WWII No. 5 Cdo pr of cloth shoulder title paste back. One has been stuck in an album with paper glue on reverser otherwise both in VGC.
No. 5 Commando was a battalion-sized commando unit of the British Army during the Second World War.
Formed in July 1940, the unit took part in a couple of small-scale raids in France in 1941 and contributed some personnel to Opera... read more
WW2 German Luftwaffe Specialist Sleeve Patch NCO and Enlisted men 'Peilfunkers' Radio Direction Finders Cloth Badge
Machine-embroidered, WH (Luftwaffe) trade special-career-patch as was specifically intended for: 'Peilfunker' staff members. GC slight 'rust' stain on top of the top lightning bolts.
The patch shows a capital 'P'-character and 'Eichenlaub'-leaves and is executed in silver-greyish linnen on a typical LW-type background. The patch is neatly machine-embroidered in greyish white col... read more
20.00 GBP
2015 Special Air Service (SAS) Wings Parachute Qualification Badge Patch
Rare, S.A.S. wings sealed in stores packet of issue dated 2015. VGC.
Following the post-war reconstitution of the Special Air Service, other countries in the Commonwealth recognised their need for similar units. The Canadian Special Air Service Company was formed in 1947, being disbanded in 1949. The New Zealand Special Air Service squadron was formed in June 1955 to serve with t... read more
c1962 Special Air Service (SAS) SNCO No1 Dress Wire Embroidered Parachute Qualification Wings Badge
c1960s early S.A.S. wings worn by Senior Non-Commissioned Officers on No1 Dress 'Blues' tunic. Wire embroidery dulled commensurate with age. VGC. read more
65.00 GBP
cWW2 Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) Officer's Service Dress (OSD) Pattern Officer's Bronzed Cap Badge
Rare, WWII (1940-45) L.R.D.G. Special Forces O.S.D. 'Quartermaster' patt lovely patina, wartime cap badge on lugs, VGC.
'Lay-away' plans available. E-mail to suit your needs.
Originally called the Long Range Patrol (LRP), the unit was founded in Egypt in June 1940 by Major Ralph Alger Bagnold, acting under the direction of General Archibald Wavell. Bagnold was as... read more