PATCH, MILITARY
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- SHOULDER BOARD, SLIP-ON
- Date Range From
- 1941
- Date Range To
- 1945
- Materials
- WOOL, COTTON
- Catalogue Number
- P20000079002
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- SHOULDER BOARD, SLIP-ON
- Date Range From
- 1941
- Date Range To
- 1945
- Materials
- WOOL, COTTON
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 0.4
- Length
- 7.0
- Width
- 5.3
- Description
- RECTANGULAR PIECE OF OLIVE COLOURED WOOL. EMBROIDERED ONTO FRONT OF PIECE IS "R.C.A.S.C.", IN BLACK. BACK OF FELT IS LINED WITH OLIVE COTTON. THERE ARE TWO OLIVE COLOURED BANDS ON BACK OF PIECE.
- Subjects
- PERSONAL SYMBOL
- Historical Association
- MILITARY
- History
- THE DONOR OF THIS ARTIFACT, JOHN LLOYD KNIGHT, SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST SPECIAL SERVICE FORCE (ALSO KNOWN AS THE DEVILS BRIGADE) DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. THIS PATCH IS FROM HIS FIRST UNIT. SEE RECORD P20000036001-GA FOR DONOR BIOGRAPHY AND BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FSSF.
- Catalogue Number
- P20000079002
- Acquisition Date
- 2001-07
- Collection
- Museum
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