Cap badges of the Border Regt

[Adrian Stevenson]

The Border Regt is a particular favourite unit of mine, as the 1st Battl fought with distinction at Arnhem.

Here we have a selection of insignia from the Regt. Left to right we have:

White metal OR's cap badge
Plastic economy cap badge
Officers Bronze cap badge
OR's Collar dogs
OR's shoulder titles. (WW1)

Cheers, Ade.

[Adrian Stevenson]

Staying on the Border Regt theme. Here is a sweetheart embroidery which was done in WW2. The wooden backing to the frame is made from a ration box.

Cheers, Ade.

[jelle]

Nice collection of Border regiment badges there !My particular favourite regiment aswell.

cheers Jelle

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Jelle, welcome to the forum!

A school friend's father was in 1st Battl. at Arnhem. His name was Allsop.

Cheers, Ade.

[jelle]

Thanks Adrian,some interesting threads here !

That would be David Allsop ,sure he had some stories to tell.

I have some nice items I think in my collection which I will be posting here in the future .Here is one for you,a bit batterd but a original

Cheers Johan

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Jelle, yes that was him. His son, who I was at school with, was named after his Dad. He was from Ruddington, Nottingham.

Nice title!

Cheers, Ade.

[jelle]

Thanks Ade,I also own a set of these.My aim is to get a complete uniform together as worn by most men during the Arnhem battle ,all original and in a typical medium size off the time.I have this nearly complete,but am always looking for ways to improve it and make it as complete and correct as possible.I will post parts of it in the topics allready on the subjects here on the forum.Here is my plastic capbadge,the red paint has run a bit.