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21/11/2012 12:00:07
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John M
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Hi All
Picked this up over the week-end.
Labelled 'Continental Commando' cap badge................anyone??
1.5 inches X1.5 inches
Regs
John M
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Do not speak.....unless it improves on Silence.
A good teacher opens the door.....you must enter yourself.
For Dad No 12 Commando & 4 Troop No 1 Commando
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21/11/2012 13:41:35
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Belly
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Belgian Army in Exile cap badge as worn by 10 Cdo, 4 Troop (and indeed all Belgium army exiles)
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Army Commando: Setting Europe ablaze since 1940
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21/11/2012 14:23:38
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NIC
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There are photos in the Commando Badges & Memorabilia Album in the 10(IA) sub-album in the Gallery
http://www.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/Commando+Badges+and+Memorabilia/10IA/
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21/11/2012 15:10:22
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John M
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Thanks Paul
I had seen our examples but wasn't sure of its authenticity ......so just checking.
I also wasn't aware that it was worn by all Belgian army exiles.........
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John M
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For Dad No 12 Commando & 4 Troop No 1 Commando
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21/11/2012 17:23:36
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Belly
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I think with the exception of the French troop who later switched to the 1st Battalion Fusilier Marine Commando cap badge, all the troops in exile; Polish, Dutch, Belgian, Czech and Norwegians all used their regular army cap badges. Not sure what the Germans within X Troop used though!
It's a nice area to collect, and most are relatively easy and cheap to obtain (except the aforementioned French badge)
Cheers
Paul
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18/08/2013 06:44:39
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Seaforth72
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CAUTION: Most Commando insignia has been reproduced including the French 1re Battalion F.M. Commandos shield shaped beret badge. Some or most of the copies have M CHAUVET PARIS 1943 in raised letters on the back. The late Maurice Chauvet was in a French Troop in No. 4 Commando in WWII. He had the copies made post-war. Some people have sold them as originals on eBay but simple logic and knowledge of history tells you that no badge manufacturer in Paris in 1943, when Paris was occupied by the Nazis, would be making badges for the Free French / Fighting French in the UK.
Colin Stevens
Canada
Belly wrote:I think with the exception of the French troop who later switched to the 1st Battalion Fusilier Marine Commando cap badge, all the troops in exile; Polish, Dutch, Belgian, Czech and Norwegians all used their regular army cap badges. Not sure what the Germans within X Troop used though!
It's a nice area to collect, and most are relatively easy and cheap to obtain (except the aforementioned French badge)
Cheers
Paul
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Colin MacGregor Stevens, CD
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Son of Lieut. A. H. "Pete" Stevens, who had been attached to No. 4 Commando in 1943.
Collector of Canadian and British sniper rifles.
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