L.r.d.g.

[Jim Baker]

Hi,

Could some one please show insignia for the LRDG??

Cap badges, patches, or whatever.

Thanks,
Jim

[ROBB]

Lrdg stuff is very very scarce and widely faked ,I dont have any original items but perhaps Jack might.Rob.

[andya]

cap badge

Hi,

Could some one please show insignia for the LRDG??

Cap badges, patches, or whatever.

Thanks,
Jim

Hi
This is the LRDG cap badge. I believe in use 1940/45. I have always assumed this badge to be a copy as original I believe are very rare. Hope it is of some help.
Maybe someone will have an original to post. I would like to see that.
Regards
Andy

[andya]

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[Jim Baker]

Hi Guys,

I posted this too soon. I have since found some other threads and some great web sites.

What a fasicinating group of guys. The desert war has always been interesting to me.

Thanks for posting.

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Jim, glad you have found the info you were looking for.


Hi Andy, the badge is indeed a fake. I have one too, bought as fake for £1.50. I blackened mine for use in living history events.

I can post up some repro shoulder title "slip-on's" done in red and black if anyone is interested? Sadly I have no original items from this unit to share. I wish I had

Cheers, Ade.

[Jack Dutton-Roberts]

LRDG cap badge made in Gold! It is crudely sand cast and looks old. Who knows if it is real or not? Impossible to tell IMO?

[Jack Dutton-Roberts]

Early war SAS qualification wings as used by the LRDG.

[Jim Baker]

Very interesting pieces.

Jack, your example is very nice. Makes you wonder how many were privately made for the soldiers??

If anyone is interested in parting with a nice repro, please let me know.

Thanks,
Jim

[DJT]

Nice wing Jack but I dont think its early war. Original photos of SAS troops in N.Africa show a distinctly different style of wing in wear. Examples which are more flat and chunkier in appearance. Do you know of a photo with an LRDG man wearing one similiar to yours?

Early war SAS qualification wings as used by the LRDG.

[Adrian Stevenson]

Nice website about the LRDG:

http://www.lrdg.org/

Cheers, Ade.

[lnijherald]

Sadly I have no original items from this unit to share. Cheers, Ade.

I'll send you a picture Ade!
Regards, Luc

[DJT]

Nice website Ade

Did you see the LRDG Chevy they found in the Libyan Desert in 1984?