Original name tags & patches

[Officer Dibley]

Has anyone done a test on several originals to see how thick the name tags & patches were ?

I’m sure ELC’s name tags are too thick but that would seem like something easy to get right. They were official issue after all, or were they ?

BS / BG patches would have been made from either locally produced leather or scraps from something else so might vary but not thicker than A-2 hide. Is that a correct assumption ?

Cheers
Dave

 

[Officer Dibley]

Some originals showing variation in size, font, handwritten, typed, stamped & gold leafed and location....

 

[Carl]

I'm sure that the leather "discs" for squadron /group patches were part of the CLASS 13 procured kit , along with the leather name tags and the leather rank that was sewn on epaulettes

 

[Officer Dibley]

Thanks Carl, you mean unit funded ? Or were unit patches & id tags something officially specified for size etc ?
Dave

 

[Carl]

Bear with me Dave I'll get some pics from the catalog for you .

 

[Officer Dibley]

Thanks matey .
I did what i should have done to start with: looked in McGuire....
This is an issue tag. Non standard seems to have been ok but not sure if acceptance of non standard was given at group, sqn or individual level ...

 

[Carl]

I'm not a fan of Mcguires book/s too many errors that have led people on the wrong track

 

[Officer Dibley]

But it is jacket porn’ in its’ purest form !!

 

[Carl]

Here we go Dave as promised, I thought I was correct in my assumption .

 

[Officer Dibley]

You star ! Cheers Carl !

 

[Carl]

Hope that helps some ?

 

[B-Man2]

Carl to the rescue!........nicely done.
Which book is that Carl?
Edit: just saw it Class 13... thanks

 

[Carl]

Carl to the rescue!........nicely done.
Which book is that Carl?
Edit: just saw it Class 13... thanks

That's right Burt ! Class 13 catalog .I'll not take credit for it

 

[B-Man2]

Well done..... Carl