WW2 German Luftwaffe Specialist Sleeve Patch NCO and Enlisted men 'Peilfunkers' Radio Direction Finders Cloth Badge

Machine-embroidered, WH (Luftwaffe) trade special-career-patch as was specifically intended for: 'Peilfunker' staff members. GC slight 'rust' stain on top of the top lightning bolts.

The patch shows a capital 'P'-character and 'Eichenlaub'-leaves and is executed in silver-greyish linnen on a typical LW-type background. The patch is neatly machine-embroidered in greyish white col...  read more

Code: 1651

2015 Special Air Service (SAS) Wings Parachute Qualification Badge Patch

Rare, S.A.S. wings sealed in stores packet of issue dated 2015. VGC.

Following the post-war reconstitution of the Special Air Service, other countries in the Commonwealth recognised their need for similar units. The Canadian Special Air Service Company was formed in 1947, being disbanded in 1949. The New Zealand Special Air Service squadron was formed in June 1955 to serve with t...  read more

Code: 1123

c1962 Special Air Service (SAS) SNCO No1 Dress Wire Embroidered Parachute Qualification Wings Badge

c1960s early S.A.S. wings worn by Senior Non-Commissioned Officers on No1 Dress 'Blues' tunic. Wire embroidery dulled commensurate with age. VGC.  read more

Code: 1266

cWW2 Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) Officer's Service Dress (OSD) Pattern Officer's Bronzed Cap Badge

Rare, WWII (1940-45) L.R.D.G. Special Forces O.S.D. 'Quartermaster' patt lovely patina, wartime cap badge on lugs, VGC.

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Originally called the Long Range Patrol (LRP), the unit was founded in Egypt in June 1940 by Major Ralph Alger Bagnold, acting under the direction of General Archibald Wavell. Bagnold was as...  read more

Code: 770

cWW2 Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) Brass Other Ranks Cap Badge

c1938-49 A.T.S. OR's cap badge slider. VGC.

ATS was the women's branch of the British Army during the Second World War. It was formed on 9 September 1938, initially as a women's voluntary service, and existed until 1 February 1949, when it was merged into the Women's Royal Army Corps.  read more

Code: 680

Welsh Guards Other Rank's Cloth Beret Cap Badge

Welsh Guards Regiment OR's beret cap badge. VGC.  read more

Code: 1650

Post 1927 The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) Cap Badge

cWW2, The Rifle Bde (Prince Consort's Own) Post 1927
white cap badge some polishing to highpoint otherwise GC.

Ref: KK2019  read more

Code: 1649

Post 1952 Gaunt Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC) Officer Sil Plate and Gilt Pair of Collar Badges

Q.A.R.A.N.C. Vintage, silver plate and gilt Officer's pr of collar badge on lugs. Queen's Crown ERII. Maker Marked 'JR GAUNT LONDON'. GC.

In 1949, the QAIMNS became a corps in the British Army and was renamed as the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps. Since 1950 the organisation has trained nurses, and in 1992 men were allowed to join.

The associated Queen...  read more

Code: 1648

c1930s German Red Cross (DRK) Helpers Day Badge

Third Reich era, worn used example.


The German Red Cross (GRC) (German: Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (D.R.K.) is the national Red Cross Society in Germany.

During WW2 the Nazi era, the German Red Cross was under the control of the Nazi Party and played a role in supporting the regime's policies, including the exclusion of Jewish members and collaboration with the...  read more

Code: 1647

c1902-52 7th Queen's Own Hussars Officer's Service Dress (OSD) Cap Badge.

7th Queen's Own Hussars O.S.D. Cap badge, die cast bronze example. Two blades to the reverse. VGC

The 7th Queen's Own Hussars was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first formed in 1689. It saw service for three centuries, including the First World War and the Second World War. The regiment survived the immediate post-war reduction in forces, but following the 1957 Defence W...  read more

Code: 1645