British WWII Patches Pair 50th Div PRINTED D-Day RARE!

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BUY IT NOW BEFORE IT IS SOLD!! is a 100% Original British Army World War Two 50th Division PRINTED Patch. This unit was one to land in Normandy on D-Day Gold Beach Gold Beach was the codename given for the central invasion beach during the invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944. It lay between Omaha Beach and Juno Beach , was 8 km wide and divided into four sectors. From West to East they were Item, Jig, King, and Love. Universal Carrier of 50th Division wades ashore D-Day 6th June 1944. The task of invading Gold Beach was given to the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division commanded by Major-General Douglas Alexander Graham , and the British 8th Armoured Brigade of the British 2nd Army , under Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey . The beach was assaulted by multiple brigades of the 50th Infantry Division; on the west was the 231st Brigade , followed by the 56th Brigade , attached to this was a regiment of DD tanks from the The Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers) , the infantry assault battalions that attacked in the west were; the 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment , and the 1st Battalion Dorset Regiment . On the east 69th Brigade , followed by 151st Brigade , again a regiment of DD tanks was attached, they were from the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards , the infantry assault battalions that attacked in the East were; the 5th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment , and the 6th Battalion The Green Howards . Their primary objective was to seize the town of Bayeux , the Caen -Bayeux road, and the port of Arromanches with the secondary objectives being to make contact with the Canadians landing at Juno Beach to the east. The 716th Static Infantry Division commanded by Generalleutnant Wilhelm Richter , and elements of the 1st Battalion of the German 352nd Infantry Division commanded by Generalleutnant Dietrich Kraiss , defended the Channel coast for the Germans. H-Hour for the Gold beach landing was set for 0725 hours.At 0725 hours, the 50th (Northumbrian) Division landed on Gold beach, then moving to Bayeux. The landing craft were deployed seven miles (11 km) off the beach, compared to the American ones that were deployed 12 miles (19 km) off the beaches, this meant they had a shorter run in. It was decided that the DD-tanks would go all the way up to shore instead of floating ashore and thus, the men had cover. The successful launch of almost every DD-tank onto the beach in fighting condition.Company Sergeant-Major Stanley Hollis of the Green Howards was already a seasoned veteran when he landed on Gold Beach. His first action was the single handed capture of a pill box which had been bypassed by the first waves of troops. Later that day he led an assault to destroy German gun positions. For his action he was awarded the Victoria cross . He was the only soldier to earn the medal on D-Day.The Division suffered 400 casualties while securing their beachhead . By midnight on the 6 June 24,970 men had landed on Gold Beach, and had penetrated six miles (10 km) into occupied France. They fulfilled one of their secondary objectives by meeting up with the Canadians who had landed at Juno Beach , but failed in their primary objective of reaching the Caen-Bayeux road. However they had established a foothold into France. WWII MATERIALS British World War two unit patches, called either Regimental Titles or Formation Signs (Brigades, Divisions etc), were mostly privately purchased from local tailor shops or large manufacturers. The private purchase patches were made on wool melton and wool felt. The quality varied between makers and what one could pay. Some had cloth backings to help support the embroidered, most I have seen did not. I have learned that in 1943 many titles and formation signs were officially printed onto cotton twill, often called “canvas” patches by collectors. The border of these printed insignia had small dashes so the cutter would know w to cut the insignia from the sheet of cloth. These issue printed patches were not f... read more

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