WW2 British Army 21st Group GHQ & Lines of Communication Shoulder Patch 1944-45 for Sale

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WW2 British Army 21st Group GHQ & Lines of Communication Shoulder Patch 1944-45 For Sale

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WW2 British Army 21st Group GHQ & Lines of Communication Shoulder Patch 1944-45:
$38.63

A nice issued example of an original
World War Two British Army
21st Army GHQ & Lines of Communication
Battle Blouse Shoulder Patch
1944-45Formed in the UK in 1943,
21st Army\'s designation came from it combining
two Allied armies under the Command:
2nd Army (Britain) & 1st Army (Canada)
and in January 1944 General Montgomery
returned from Italy to command it.As the Allies assaulted theNormandy beachheads on June 6th 1944,
within 21st Army Group
a new sub-division was created and, known as
21st Group (GHQ & Lines of Communication),
wore a similar 21st Group patch, but minus the crossed swords.21st Group GHQ Lines of Communication
personnelwere responsible for all
communication betweenthe forward zones in
Holland, Belgium & France
and the ports & logistic bases in the rear that weretasked with supplying
all the fighting unitsin the Allied Front Line, post-D-Day.As such it oversaw all interaction within 21st Group
during the 1944 breakout from Normandy, the capture of Antwerp,
the \'Market Garden\' disaster at Arnhem,the push across North-West Europe,
the crossing of the Rhine, British 2nd Army\'s push up to The Baltic
and the Canadian 2nd Army\'s push north into Germany & Holland.With the final surrender of allGerman Forces on May 7th 1945,
21st Army Group becamean Army of Occupation...
and on August 25th 1945was redesignated
The British Army of The Rhine (BAOR)

Measuring approx 1.75\" across the top x 2.75\" from top to bottom,

and screen-printed, this

21st Group patchis in a used-issued condition and

was unpicked from a British battle-blouse.

Part of a small groupof 15 such British WW-II Army shoulder patches

collected by a veteran of the Normandy Campaign during

the later years of the Second World War.

+++ Please note this sale is just for the 21st Group patch only! +++

Thanks for looking..!