Mount St.Mary's College Officer Training Corps (O.T.C.) Derbyshire Cap Badge

Mount St.Mary's College OTC, Spinkhill, Derbyshire cap badge. Good scarce die-stamped bi-metal issue on loops. With green felt cloth. Near VGC. One lug bent but, intact.

Ref: KK 2633.  read more

Code: 338

c1914 New Bristol Battalion 10th Gloucestershire Regiment Celluloid WW1 Cap Badge Pin

Great War. New Bristol Bn Glosters Regt pin badge. A celluloid badge with pin; said to have been issued to the 10th (Service) Gloucester Battalion, a Kitchener raised Unit prior to being issued cap badges. The Unit was formed in Bristol Sep 1914 and was disbanded Feb 1918. Near VGC.

Ref: Brinson plate N5 p.183.  read more

Code: 337

cWW2 Durham Light Infantry (DLI) Regiment 'Paste Back' Cloth Shoulder Title Badge

D.L.I. paste backed wartime shoulder title patch. VGC. Some glue to reverse as stuck in album.  read more

Code: 336

c1950s Durham Light Infantry (DLI) Yellow on Dark Green Embroidered Army Cloth Shoulder Title Badge

D.L.I. yellow on dark green embroidered woven shoulder title. VGC.

Ref: BoBD 4283. P.877.  read more

Code: 335

6th Irish Inniskilling Dragoon Guards Officers' Horse Furniture Browband Boss Badges

A pair, with maker's marks (WC *). Circular brass ornaments with silver plated Regimental castles both with flags flying right. 6.2cm in dia. Boss slide fittings. In great condition and rare cavalry pieces.  read more

Code: 6

cWWII 1st Pattern Northern Command Printed Formation Sign Patch Flash

WW2 1st Patt Northern Command badge. Removed from album (glue to reverse) otherwise, VGC.

A green apple on a dark blue diamond. This pattern was worn until the end of 1946 and was then superseded by the red cross on the black shield with the five gold or yellow lions. The apple was chosen for the 1st pattern as a biblical reference to Adam's apple, as the first CO of the wartime ...  read more

Code: 334

c1943-44 Beach Signals Cloth Shoulder Title Badge

WWII Beach Sigs shoulder title patch. removed from uniform. GC.

During the Second World War, the Allies realised the need for the landing zone of an amphibious assault to be organised for the efficient passage of follow on forces. The British formed such units from all three services – the Royal Navy (Commandos), British Army and the Royal Air Force, with the Army component comp...  read more

Code: 333

c1952-56 West Riding of Yorkshire 35 Phase 2 Home Guard (HG) Shoulder Title Cloth Badge

Scarce hard to find, West Riding H.G. (2nd Phase) cloth 'flock' rubber backed shoulder title for Battle Dress. VGC.

New perceived threats to Britain during the ‘Cold War’ period, particularly the Berlin Blockade in 1948, added impetus to these discussions, which included the possibility of reviving the Home Guards as a defence against air landings (just as before), to help the p...  read more

Code: 332

cWW2 21st Army Group Headquarters Formation Sign Woven Embroidered Patch Badge

cWWII 21st Army Gp HQ, later, as BAOR. Shield-shaped embroidered cloth badge with two Crusader swords in gold 'in saltire' (i.e. crossed), points down, on a blue cross on a red shield.

The 21st Army Group was a British headquarters formation formed during the Second World War. It controlled two field armies and other supporting units, consisting primarily of the British Second Ar...  read more

Code: 331

Cowes High School Isle of Wight Hampshire Combined Cadet Force (CCF) Cloth Shoulder Title Badge Patches 2 x Variations

2 x variations of the Cowes High School C.C.F. shoulder title patch, both badges VGC. Some glue residue on reverse to one.  read more

Code: 330