USA Paratrooper Qualification WWII
White metal badge with pin to reverse. Worn on the breast. British made by Ludlow of London read more
Parachute Regt. K/C
White metal cap badge with slide to reverse and non-voided crown. Unusual to be on a slide. Maker's name Marples & Beasley of Birmingham read more
50.00 GBP
72nd Independent Infantry Brigade
Woven cloth formation sign. Formed in 1941 in Northern Ireland. On 1st June Brigade HQ was redesignated 5th Parachute Brigade. In charge of internal security in India 1946-7. A new 72nd Brigade was formed in India in 1948. Other than the number they had no connection. Slightly grubby. Information from the Imperial War Museum and Bruno Boulanger p245 C711 read more
Free Czechoslovakian Forces WWII
Cast bronze cap badge with slide to reverse. I think NCO's. No.10 Commando was formed in 1940 and reformed in 1942 as No.10 (Interallied) Commando. No.3 Troop was made up from Jews from occupied Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Greece and Germany. Some of them were used on secret SOE missions. Ref Taylor P59/61 and 63 read more
Airborne Forces
Bullion parachute badge with bag of issue. Worn on full dress. Ref Hodges p215 read more
20.00 GBP
Royal Ulster Rifles K/C
White metal beret badge with slide to reverse. Converted to a glider borne unit 31st Infantry Brigade. Renamed 1st Air Landing Brigade then transferred to the 6th Air Landing Brigade as part of the newly formed 6th Airborne Division. Took part in Operation Mallard on D-Day 6th June 1944 in the glider borne landings. Fought in Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge, and also in the last airborne m... read more
3rd Infantry Division (The Chindits)
Woven cloth formation sign. Made history with their airborne invasions of Burma under Major General Orde Wingate D.S.O. Became part of the Fourteenth Army read more