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A good scarce example of the early pre 1944 example shown is 1943 dated beret industries internal marking before they changed it to the later type shown in post 9 on the Royal Navy examples , On the...

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SORRY Chaps going back to look at a recent purchase of a 1943 dated royal marines example made by Kangol wear ltd a nice real named example to PL 22784 W L PIZER
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11th Hussars beret
These are unique to the regt and are very hard to come by few examples from WWII exist although some where made locally and some have been WD stamped and made under contracts for...

As a collector I have all ways found it good to have one 1 or 2+ post war berets in my collection these have all ways been as a quick guide / reference item to refer to once in a while as there are...

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As I have not had many Canadian WWII berets I can only go by what I have at my disposal ( Friends collections ( MAINLY ) and mine (1 EXAMPLE ) ) They are not very common and are seldom seen in the...

SADLY FOR THE MO I DO NOT KNOW WHERE I HAVE PUT MY WAR TIME BASQUE AND SURPAK BERETS SOME WHERE IN MY STORE SO I WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THE 2 EARLY POST WAR BASQUE EXAMPLES THESE ARE BOTH DATED 1946 !
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History of the beret

Supak manufacturing co ltd made berets from 1943 they change there markings after WWII during the war years they had a white line above their name.

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This example has the normal shape encountered to the WD berets how ever it has the small stitched on label to the center this example appears to be a Beret industries made example going by the...

WWII Royal Navy ( RN ) & ROYAL MARINE ( RM ) Berets are made to Admiralty regulations which are completely different to the War Office made examples this is shown well in the 1st 2 pictures below the...

The 2nd of the SAS berets is made completely different to the other example its typically a kangol style beret but locally made with different construction methods used most likely a direct copy of a...

A few months back a friend of mine was lucky enough to purchase a group of 3 WWII berets from a car boot sale these are probably some of the most important berets to appear on the market scene for...

The size stamps are done by hand and are generally in the top section of the diamond and done quickly and never seam to match locations and are never printed at the same time as the rest of the...

The last stage of the construction is the application of the 2 eye holes and eyelets and leather protector the eyelets are put in place at exactly the same place at 9 o'clock always the same...

The inner brim is made using 2 peaces of shaped cloth which are stitched to the inner crown part of the beret this is all ways done in the same way the stitching is hidden in-between the lining and...

The inside part of the beret is made roughly in the following way
1 The inner is printed out in one stage a round circle , 2 broken diamonds and makers name date and arrow all done at the same time...

Roughly during 1935/6 KANGOL WEAR LIMITED BERETS ( KANGOL ) imported a beret making machine from France as they where a fasion icon of the time .This machine had a particular pattern of weaving...

INTRODUCTION
Over the last few years with the increasing rarity and value of all WWII berets they are being increasingly faked / reproduced etc in order to get your hard earned money out of your...