Cold War 7th Armoured Division Woven Formation Sign Patch Flash Designation Badge

Removed from uniform and edges folded for wear. Desert Jerboa Rat facing right. In good condition. A post WW2 example.

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Code: 69590

Cold War - British Army 87th Army Group Royal Artillery AGRA (TA) Woven Felt Cloth Formation Sign Patch Designation Flash Badge

2nd pattern removed from uniform, some damage to bottom edge otherwise in good worn condition. Worn in facing pairs, this one facing to the right. Authorised in November 1956. Printed examples not known. This is one two embroidered patterns known, this one without the black pheonix picked out in yellow / gold thread as per No 5404 below.

BoBD (Jon Mills) No 5404 refers.
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Code: 69584

WW2 - 11th Armoured Division Woven Cloth Formation Sign Designation Flash

Removed from uniform, khaki drill backing, with stenciled letter M to reverse. A pleasing example WW2 example. Worn in facing pairs, this one with the black bull facing to the left.

BoBD (Jon Mills) No 3117 refers.

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Code: 69585

WW2 North African Campaign Eighth 8th Army Embroidered Formation Sign on KD Slip-On

A theatre made embroidered formation sign on Khaki Drill Slip-on Epaulette in good worn condition. A crusader shield with yellow cross on a rectangular background of dark blue.

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Code: 69577

WW2 24th Independent Guards Brigade Group Woven Cloth Formation Sign Flash Patch Badge

Slight nip to top edge, but in unissued condition complete with original black paper backing. Light blue thread detailing to the red pinion (wing) on a dark blue rectangle. Adopted in late 1940, and comprised of infantry battalions from the Scots, Irish and Welsh Guards.

BoBD (Jon Mills) No 1044 / BoBD (Cole) p65 / Davis No 126 refer.

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Code: 69580

WW2 1st Canadian Army Group Printed Cloth Formation Sign

Removed from uniform. Black cloth backing present but now detached from the front piece. In good condition but edges all a bit ragged from being sewn to uniform.

BoBD No 1980 refers.

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Code: 61710

WW2 Durham and North Riding (Of Yorkshire) woven cloth formation sign

Removed from uniform, otherwise in reasonably good condition and scarce.

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Code: 67498

Royal Tank Regiment (RTR) / 5th Armoured Car Corps (ACC) Woven Cloth Pagri Sun Helmet Flash Badge

In unissued condition, an inter-war pagri flash in the colours of the RTR (over the brown mud and blood to the green fields beyond) with a woven black thread numeral 5 for the 5th ACC.

The 5th Armoured Car Company was stationed in Shanghai 1927-29 and in Egypt from 1929-33.

Rare.

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Code: 69552

WW2 6th Anti-Aircraft Division Painted Cloth Formation Sign (South East Coast)

Removed from uniform. Painted on cloth, some discolouration to white paint and wear to paint on arrow's shaft and slight cracking to target but generally in good condition and scarce. This unit saw heavy action in WW2 operating in the Thames estuary, Essex and North Kent.

Cole p55 refers.

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Code: 68230

Cold War 44th (Home Counties) Division Printed Cloth Formation Sign

A yellow trident on a yellow edged red oval. Colours bright and in unissued / unfolded condition.

BoBD (Mills) No 5246 / Davis No 83 refers.

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Code: 68232