This is the Red Beret worn by the Parachute Regt.
The telephone number prefix of "0483" was for Guildford.
Private purchase of course. Info on the Company:
http://www.ammoandco.co.uk/downloads...20Brochure.pdf
Not wartime, this beret is circa 1990, but with a wartime pattern cap badge.
Cheers, Ade.
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Strange that it has a imperial size on it if it is 90's as most went over to metric in the late 70's. Not WWII or early postwar so someones been playing with it.
the company is based in Birmingham these days which is where they started and are still in existence
from a look of the badge it appears to be a fake with the extended wing tips?
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Regards,
Jerry
Whatever its just an opinion.
This was purchased from a very reputable dealer here in the U.S. Said to be post war . From what I was able to read on Internet possibly from the 7th parachute battalion?
From their own company brochure.
From 1990 Dalman & Narborough expanded its operation with a number of acquisitions which complemented
its manufactured product area but also introduced a wider range taking the company into a far greater area of
activity. During this time, Tom, son of Stephen Dalman had rejoined the company following a period of studies
in the United States of America. He was responsible for driving the new acquisitions into a cohesive force
with the formation of a new holding company, All Arms Marketing & Manufacturing Organisation. In typical
military fashion, an acronym was thrust upon us, AMMO - not one of our choice, but we had been accepted,
a compliment indeed.
I guess your reputable dealer is either a crook or a feckwit who does not know what they are selling.
Regards,
Jerry
Whatever its just an opinion.
Wow. I guess it is still post war. Just way post war.
I bought one of the AMMO berets trecently and they seem in the 90's to have still used vboth metric and imperial sizes.
It came with a black painted modern metal badge by TWS, Toye Kenning & Spencer.
Regards,
Jerry
Whatever its just an opinion.
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