quite right chaps. glad to have you on board. Looks like we have nearly two section in PBI now and using 'airborne reality' sections we probably do ...
1943 'invasion regs' state that BD should be complelty devoid of insignia other than rank . How well this order was carried out varies from section ...
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I'm inclined to largely agree ...but.... Kit issued in the 40s was really designed to cover all eventualities and was working dress, battledress and ...
i nealry spluttered my tea over the keyboard reading that.
Looks fine to me Dev, if i didnt know it wasnt 40s blanco i'd have assumed it was. good job.
Cheers mate, I initially wrote that for 'safezone' but it went bust before i sent it to them so i thought it would be a shame to waste it.
Actually 49 pat has always been acceptable for PBI its just getting a decent sized blouse or trousers is a s much as cheap repros of 37 pat so hardly...
My mate does a mid 90s Staffords impression for modern airsof tna di find it flattering, in fact i try and guide him on how to wear it all properly.
yeah 49 pats fine as a stop gap. You can bastardise the pockets to make it look like a 40 pattern but changing th ecollar is very tricky but can be d...
I'll try and find some. last time i saw it was at the reg museum in lichfield.
yeah thats pretty much spot on. should be on a disc behind the badge. sortof oval so the edges protude around the knott but not the crown.
Hmm that doesnt look like the stuff i've seen on wartime badges, the ones i've seen had very fine white/beige hessian type weave.
Nah this guy was reg para officer. i dont dispute his lineage I just dont think he thought that I might have been a former PO too and from a regiment...
We totally steamrollered the krauts at huskey whenever we started working as a section Tru dat . It was a LOT of fun. and we kept steam rollerin...
no worries,( but, having seen some re-enactors doing para reg i think we can do the ageing ww2 vets more justice than they can, our " film sim&qu...