40 commando globe and laurel

Hi, thanks for letting me join. My father in law was in 40 commando during ww2, at the end of the war he was in hospital in Italy having his appendix out and to pass the time he made this embroidery. We are curious to find out what the red parts of the globe mean. Any info would be much appreciated.

The red I believe are berries on the laurel leaves of victory.

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[quote=craig summerhill]The red I believe are berries on the laurel leaves of victory. [/quote]

We?re wondering about the red on the actual globe itself, Australia, parts of Africa, India and other parts of the globe are coloured red. We have his framed photograph and the globe on the frame has the same parts coloured red.

The red looks like countries of the British Empire.

Pete wrote:The red looks like countries of the British Empire.

That would make sense, thank you 🙂