5th Krasowa Infantry Division

Woven cloth Polish formation sign. Brown buffalo on a shield  read more

Code: 55917

Air Formation Signals

Pair of first pattern uncut printed cloth formation signs. Unissued  read more

Code: 55881

11th Armoured Division / 159th Infantry Brigade / 4th Batt. King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Woven cloth combination formation sign. Worn June 1942 to August 1945. Landed just after D Day and fought in the Normandy campaign and across France and Belgium and the Netherlands Rhine crossing in March 1945  read more

Code: 55845

4th / 7th Royal Dragoon Guards RAC WWII

Woven cloth formation sign. Diamond black border with chevrons in black, gold and 2 in dull red. Fought with the BEF in a reconnaissance role and after Dunkirk reequipped and were present at the D Day landings as part of the 8th Armoured Brigade on Gold beach. Ref Morris Part 2 p63  read more

Code: 55838

3rd Infantry Division

Matched pair of woven cloth formation signs. Fought with distinction with the BEF in 1940. Was the first British formation to land on Sword Beach on D Day. Suffered over 8000 casualties in Normandy alone. After France fought in the Netherlands and Belgium  read more

Code: 55829

14th (Service) Batt. Hampshire Regt. WWI

Very scarce felt formation sign. Raised in Portsmouth in 1914. Disbanded in France in March 1918. Ref Waring Identification Pamphlet No.2 D279  read more

Code: 55815

12 Corps

Painted cloth formation sign. Fought through France, Belgium, and Holland and across the Rhine as part of the Second Army. Ref Cole p30  read more

Code: 55820

227 (Hampshire Yeomanry) Amphibious Engineer Squadron

Woven silk formation sign. Formed 1992. Its heritage was from the Hants. Carabiniers hence the colours dark blue, yellow and grey. Worn on a red patch on the upper arm of the woolly pullover  read more

Code: 55772

Gibraltar Garrison

Printed cloth formation sign. Ref Morris Part 1 p65  read more

Code: 55764

71st Independent Infantry Division WWII

Woven cloth 1st pattern (1942) formation sign. Formed in October 1942. In 1943 replaced 159 Infantry Brigade. Transferred to 11th Armoured Division. Became part of the 53rd Welsh Infantry Division. Fought throughout the North West Europe campaign. Consisted of 7th Battalion King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment and 8th/9th Battalion York and Lancs. Regiment. Ref Bruno Boulanger p244  read more

Code: 55693