This is a perfect example of a so called Dutch made Brabant weave Poland national shoulder title. These 'Brabant weave' badges were made by the firm of Engelen & Evers. In 1944, the factory of Engelen & Evers was the only factory in the liberated south that could immediately restart its production. That is why English, Canadian and American units made use of it to let make there badges.  read more

Code: 52176

I was lucky to find recently two identical and un-issued Commando Brigades & Special Service Brigades formation badges. This Commando Group dagger badge which it was agreed in January 1945 would replace the Combined Operations badge later that year. This embroided version is described in the November 1945 RM Dress Regulation as 'Badges, Arm, Embroided, Red Dagger. I can offer them for an attrac...  read more

Code: 52175

35.00 EUR

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This is a perfect example of a (typical British made with a paste i.e glue backing) Guards Division arm badge. The sign represents the eye of vigilance, red and blue being the Household Brigade colours. The Division was formed in September 1941 under command of Maj. Gen. Sir Oliver Leese. The Division became part of 21 Army Group for the invasion of Europe. It landed in Normandy as part of Oper...  read more

Code: 52174

25.00 EUR

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This is trully a perfect example of a - albeit regrettably single - British Royal Navy Officer's CO (Combined Operations) - in bullion - formation badge. This type (in bullion) thought to have been made locally for Officers operating with various Special Operations units in the Adriatic. Most likely hand embroided in gold bullion wire and in a good coindition.  read more

Code: 52173

90.00 EUR

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This is a superb set of printed formation badges to XXX Corps. (30th Corps). The Corps was formed in Western Desert as part of 8th Army and fought against the Afrika Korps from Alamein to Tobruk. Returned to UK early in 1944 to join 21 Army Group for D-Day and 'Overlord', the invasion of Europe. After the war it became one of the Corps' Districts of BAOR covering Hanover with HQ at Nienburg. Th...  read more

Code: 52172

50.00 EUR

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This is a fine example of a - typical British made - Canadian 17th Duke of York’s Royal Canadian Hussars embroided shoulder title and cap badge. In 1939 upon the outbreak of World War II the Canadian Government proceeded to mobilise Active Militia units as such or to call upon them to furnish special components of the Canadian Army. The 17th Duke of York’s Royal Canadian Hussars paid off their...  read more

Code: 52171

This is a neat example of a nice an un-issued British made national free Czechoslovakia shoulder title. Czechoslovak exile units saw action on most of the major fronts of WW2 and generally performed very well. They earned the respect and admiration of other Allied nations and units and their sacrifices were crowned when they could return home to a free Czechoslovakia in 1945, though now as part...  read more

Code: 52170

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Code: 52168

This is a good example of a iwhite metal Army Air Corps beret badge and mainly worn by members of the Glider Pilot Regiment. The AAC badge was also worn by the early members of the Parachute Regiment in North Africa. This example is in a good condition (except from the C in the badge see photo) and has two copper coloured lugs to the back and has never been cleaned. These badges are harder to f...  read more

Code: 52167

This is a superb example of a - difficult to find - printed (British made) Czech Independent Armoured Brigade Group formation badge. The Brigade was part of 21st Army Group and took part in the campaign in North West Europe, 1944-1945.  read more

Code: 52166

This is a neat example of a difficult to find (British made) Norwegian/NORGE shoulder title as intended to wear by all ranks of the Norwegain volunteers who were part of the Allied Army's in England during the war. Members of No 5 Troop, No 10 Commando (I.A.) wore the flag below the No.10 Commando on there right shoulder. Volunteers within the Royal Air Force wore a blue version of this shoulde...  read more

Code: 52165

This is a attractive example of a - British made - Canadian Provost Corps printed shoulder title. In mid June 1940, the Canadian Provost Corps was officially born out of 1 Provost Company. For most of 1940, 1 Provost Company was stationed in England, but was involved in the battles during the fall of France. The Canadian Provost Corps Training Centre operated from November 1942 to May 1946, tra...  read more

Code: 52164

This is a great example of a superb - full matching - set of (removed from uniform) printed Royal Artillery shoulder titles.  read more

Code: 52163

This is a good example of a nice 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade (British made) printed shoulder patch. The 1 Canadian Army Tank Brigade, later known as 1 Canadian Armoured Brigade, was composed of the 11th, 12th and 14th Canadian Armoured Regiments and saw service in the Italian campaign and in north-west Europe during the Second World War. It was one of only two independent Canadian armoured br...  read more

Code: 52162

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This is a grerat example of a - typical British made - United States Army SHEAF (Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force) patch. Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force was the headquarters of the Commander of Allied forces in northwest Europe, from late 1943 until the end of World War II. US General Dwight D. Eisenhower was the commander in SHAEF throughout its existence.
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Code: 52161

45.00 EUR

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This is a good example of a - albeit regrettably single - un-issued embroided Oxf.& Bucks. (Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry) shoulder title. The 2nd Battalion is famous for their actions during the coup-de-main at Pegasus Bridge in Normandy In June 1944. The title is in a good un-issued condition and has the well known glue i.e paste backing.  read more

Code: 52160

This is a nice example of a 1st edition published in 1945 of Arnhem lift by Louis Hagen. Louis Hagen was Sergeant of the Glider Pilot Regiment and had been captured, his fate would have been different, for Louis Hagen was of Jewish extraction. He was one of the few who got back, and in 1945 he anonymously published his personal account of the battle. It became a bestseller and was translated i...  read more

Code: 52159

15.00 EUR

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I was lucky to find recently two identical - typical British made - Norwegian Free Forces Haakon 7 NCO's capbadges. When Germany invaded Norway in 1940 as part of World War II, the royal family fled the country, and Haakon VII later spearheaded the Norwegian resistance in exile in the United Kingdom. H7 became one of several symbols used by the Norwegians to mark solidarity and loyalty to the K...  read more

Code: 52158

This is a good example of a - albeit regrettably single - Number 5 Commando shoulder title. 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 Operation Chariot before taking part in the landings on Madagascar in 1942. In l...  read more

Code: 52157

This is a superb - full matching - un-issued set of embroided Reconnassaince shoulder titles. The Reconnaissance Corps, or simply Recce Corps, was a corps of the British Army, formed during the Second World War whose units provided the mobile spearhead of infantry divisions. It was formed from infantry brigade reconnaissance groups on 14 January 1941. All the brigade reconnaissance groups of ea...  read more

Code: 52156

This is a attractive example of a - British made - Canadian Provost Corps embroided shoulder title. In mid June 1940, the Canadian Provost Corps was officially born out of 1 Provost Company. For most of 1940, 1 Provost Company was stationed in England, but was involved in the battles during the fall of France. The Canadian Provost Corps Training Centre operated from November 1942 to May 1946, t...  read more

Code: 52155

This is a superb (British made) R.C.E.M.E. - Royal Canadian Electrical & Mechanical Engineers - embroided shoulder title.  read more

Code: 52154

20.00 EUR

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This is a good example of a nice embroided Scots Guards shoulder title. The Scots Guards (SG), is one of the Foot Guards regiments of the British Army. Their origins lie in the personal bodyguard of King Charles I of England and Scotland. It is the oldest formed Regiment in the Regular Army, more so than any other in the Household Brigade. In April 1940, the 1st Battalion, as part of the 24th G...  read more

Code: 52153

25.00 EUR

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This is a text book example of a British made embroided Canadian Three Rivers Regiment shoulder title. The regiment mobilized as The Three Rivers Regiment (Tank), CASF, for active service on 1 September 1939. It was redesignated as The Three Rivers Regiment (Tank), CAC, CASF, on 13 August 1940. It was converted to armour on 23 November 1940, and to an army tank battalion on 11 February 1941, d...  read more

Code: 52152

55.00 EUR

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This is a perfect example of a nicely used and issued printed shoulder title to the Parachute Regiment. These printed shoulder titles were introduced half way trough 1943. The title has a dark blue lettering on pale blue backing and is in a nicely condition with a minor little stain due to years of storage i.e handeling. Difficult to find these days. Simply a nice example of a shought after sho...  read more

Code: 52151