WW2 British Army Royal Engineers Officer's Private Purchase Cap Badge 1939-45

Description: A striking unissued example of a World War Two British Army Royal Engineers Officer's Cap Badge by Firmin 1939-45 complete with original outfitter's label. A superb, completely unissued, officers RE cap badge in a darkened bronze finish, with the slider to the rear stamped FIRMIN LONDON this most attractive cap badge was found amongst war-time stock of Oswald Bailey a former military outfitters here in the South, and is complete with its original price tag of 4/6d (or 22.5 pence!) At war's end in May 1945 the owner's of Oswald Bailey immediately started buying up the army's now surplus stock of tents, canvas rolls, mess-tins & outdoor clothing and selling to the general public. This was immediately snapped up by a population deprived by war, so leading to Oswald Bailey later becoming a famous High Street camping & outdoor clothing retail company. Thanks for looking..! (B/W Image courtesy of The Tomahawk Films WW-II Archive)

Price: 45 GBP

Location: Winchester, Hampshire

End Time: 2024-09-12T08:50:05.000Z

Shipping Cost: 19.14 GBP

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WW2 British Army Royal Engineers Officer

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Utah Beach: Pegasus Bridge

Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued

Clothing Type: Helmets/ Hats

Battle of The Bulge: The West Wall

Dieppe: Dunkirk

Gold Beach: Juno Beach

Berlin: Winston Churchill

Service: Royal Engineers

Operation Varsity: The Rhine Crossings

Remagen: Omaha Beach

Type: Badges

WW2 German: Third Reich