Description: A nice unissued example of an original World War Two British Army Pioneer Corps Southern Command Battle Blouse Shoulder Patch circa 1939-45. Britain has been divided into Military Districts since the Revolutionary Wars with France on the 1700s. During WW-II Southern Command was composed of approx 22 Corps & Regiments including The Royal Corps of Signals, Royal Armoured Corps Royal Engineers, Military Police, Royal Artillery, Pioneer Corps etc all under the Garrison/HG at Tidworth Camp in Hampshire. Southern Command's insignia was a 5-star shield and each formation under the command had its own colour scheme, The Pioneer Corps having a split red/green shield with 5 white stars on its face A screen-print shield measuring approx. 2.5" across the top and 2.5" from top to bottom this Command patch is in an unissued condition, and is part of a small group of 15 such British WW-II Army shoulder patches collected by a veteran of the Normandy Campaign during the later years of the Second World War. +++ Please note this sale is just for the Pioneer Corps Southern Command Patch only! +++ Thanks for looking..!
Price: 30 GBP
Location: Winchester, Hampshire
End Time: 2024-12-30T18:07:48.000Z
Shipping Cost: 18.3 GBP
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Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued
St Vith: Pilsen
V2 Rockets: Battle of Britain
Royal Artillery: Royal Engineers
Operation Varsity: German
Remagen: The Ruhr Pocket
Blitz: Anti-Aircraft Command
D-Day June 6th 1944: Normandy
Operation Market Garden: 82nd Airborne
Arnhem: Holland
Country/ Organization: Great Britain
Bayeux: Caen
Utah Beach: Omaha Beach
Clothing Type: Batte Blouse Shoulder Patch
Battle of The Bulge: Falaise Gap
Home Guard: Auxiliary Territorial Service
Service: Army
101st Airborne: St Mere Eglise
Cotentin Peninsula: Cherbourg
Type: Patches
6th Airborne: Rhine Crossing
Operation Overlord: Ardennes
St Mere Eglise: St Lo
Conflict: World War II (1939-1945)
Era: 1914-1945
Wehrmacht: Waffen-SS
Third Reich: Berlin
Theme: Militaria
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
