To be honest,I would like to find a rock solid ref book just covering shoulder patches for the myriad Commonwealth Bns serving in Europe in WWII. Talk about a minefield of research ! May be easy for folks in the UK but not over here !
J

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To be honest,I would like to find a rock solid ref book just covering shoulder patches for the myriad Commonwealth Bns serving in Europe in WWII. Talk about a minefield of research ! May be easy for folks in the UK but not over here !
J

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Jerry,

Try "Formation badges of WW2 - Britain, Commonwealth and Empire by Howard Cole, from 1973.

Mainly in black and white but with colour descriptions; I've just checked on Amazon (albeit UK) and it seems to be fairly widely available.

Brian

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To be honest,I would like to find a rock solid ref book just covering shoulder patches for the myriad Commonwealth Bns serving in Europe in WWII. Talk about a minefield of research ! May be easy for folks in the UK but not over here !
J

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Jerry,

Try "Formation badges of WW2 - Britain, Commonwealth and Empire by Howard Cole, from 1973.

Mainly in black and white but with colour descriptions; I've just checked on Amazon (albeit UK) and it seems to be fairly widely available.

Brian

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Thanks much Brian !
Found (nice used book price BTW ) and ordered !
J

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To be honest,I would like to find a rock solid ref book just covering shoulder patches for the myriad Commonwealth Bns serving in Europe in WWII. Talk about a minefield of research ! May be easy for folks in the UK but not over here !
J

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Jerry,

Try "Formation badges of WW2 - Britain, Commonwealth and Empire by Howard Cole, from 1973.

Mainly in black and white but with colour descriptions; I've just checked on Amazon (albeit UK) and it seems to be fairly widely available.

Brian

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Thanks much Brian !
Found (nice used book price BTW ) and ordered !
J

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'Glad to be of help; it is a bit long in the tooth now (1973) but as a basis there's probably not that much out there to match it. It includes a couple of very useful appendices covering Arm of Service stripes and a descriptive list of animals, plants etc to enable you to cross reference as necessary. For instance, if say you glimpsed on some film footage a Kangaroo, then the book will point you to 6th Australian Division, and so on and so forth.

If you couple it with whatever ORBAT you need you should be able to identify just about anything that you wish.

Brian

Hi Jerry, I recommend the Histoirs book on Canadian badges and equipment, D Day to VE day, the Canadian soldier. It also has charts and markings for the Canadian order of battle. If you are looking for info on specific Canadian insignia, I can help. I have all of the Canadian cap badges, shoulder titles, and the formation badges from 1,2,3 Infantry divisions, 4,5 armoured and 1,and second independent armoured brigades. I also have all the corps badges including 1 Canadian Parachute Regt.,and FSSF. If you need any pics of Canadian cap or shoulder titles, just let me know Jerry and I will gladly get them for you. The above book has all the formation badges for vehicles and has all the RCA badges and info. The info on equipment is basicly identical to the British counterparts as we used the same equipment. By the way Jerry, how is your book project coming along? I will be waiting to buy one for sure. Best regards..........Dale

Hi Jerry, sorry to hear that the book is no longer in the works. A Putot project sounds very exciting, any time you need my help, feel free to ask. I have a large collection of Canadian memorabilia and also a lot of WW2 German items. I would be thrilled to offer any help you might need on a project. Merry Xmas to you and yours Jerry, and I look forward to seeing what comes from the Rutman bench in 2020.