Hi All,
Picked up a 49 pattern battle dress on the market at the weekend and it has some insignia attached I do not recognise.
Does anyone know its significance or what it is? It is on the collar/lapel.
If its any help the shoulder title is FRANCE.
Cheers
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Innsmouth Brigade...
Innsmouth Brigade...
Hehehehe! 
It does look rather cthulhish doesn't it?
I think it is just a very crudely embroidered green flur-de-lis.
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Innsmouth Brigade...
If you ever want to get rid of the patch, I'll take it. Have been working on a "World War Cthulhu" game concept for a while now, and that patch will fit in nicely...
We may not be the best source for identifying this. It looks like the flaming grenade that is used as an identification symbol by many French Infantry units.
However World War Cthulu sounds much more interesting and may be worth a section of its own.
It certianly looks like a french grenade collar patch, my 1940 ref. book says green on khaki was infanterie de legion d'etranger.
It certianly looks like a french grenade collar patch, my 1940 ref. book says green on khaki was infanterie de legion d'etranger.
Merci! So most likely the French Foreign Legion then.
Thanks for the help.
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Nah, that's an Aspidistra, it's actually a surprisingly rare uniform for the French Legion D'Jardinier.
...French Legion D'Jardinier.
My pidgin French translates that as "French Legion of Gardeners". How far wrong? 
I always thought the aspidistra was the unit symbol of the Corp De Petite Bourgeoisie. (OK, very obtuse Orwell joke)
It is very rare then as they were all purged by ThinkPol and the records corrected at MinTruth.
BTW,this can't be right, it's a 49 pattern battledress, and that's a 1984 joke. Farb.
:rofl:
BTW,this can't be right, it's a 49 pattern battledress, and that's a 1984 joke. Farb.
well mine was a 1936 joke. And even '84 was '48, so totally period too. You just dont care about history/facts/kids/hollywood etc.
:rofl:
BTW,this can't be right, it's a 49 pattern battledress, and that's a 1984 joke. Farb.well mine was a 1936 joke. And even '84 was '48, so totally period too. You just dont care about history/facts/kids/hollywood etc.
