There's loads about the SAS on this thread:
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Gadge's first post on the thread explains the beret colour issue.
So I am reading Stirling's Men and in there, they mention that when the SAS returned from Sicily and Italy in Jan of '44, they found that the beret color was changed from beige to maroon. Then in the photo section, they show a couple of chaps in the desert in '42 wearing the maroon berets. Although the photo is not in color, you can tell from how dark they appear. Does anyone have any insight on this?
Thanks!
Are they maroon or actually black?
SAS were known to wear black RTR berets and insignia to pass off as armoured recce patrols in case of capture.
Wearing an SAS beret is likely to get you shot more often too!
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Some airlanding troops would tie a camo scrim scarf over the maroon beret. This helps a lot to hide the red shine and is what I do.
Some airlanding troops would tie a camo scrim scarf over the maroon beret. This helps a lot to hide the red shine and is what I do.
Do you have any photo reference on how this looked? If not, a picture of how you do it would be nice as inspiration.
http://www.pegasusarchive.org/arnhem/Ph ... pweg_1.htm - the soldier in the foreground
http://www.pegasusarchive.org/arnhem/Ph ... IndCoy.htm - the soldier at the front left.
Basically just put it over the top of the beret and tie it at the back.
Or you can just lay it over the top of your head and that hides the shape of your head even more.