This is an original matched pair of British World War II Combined Operations Badges, machine embroidered in red thread on a dark blue wool circular backing.
This is an original matched pair of British World War II Combined Operations Badges, machine embroidered in red thread on a dark blue wool circular backing.
Reverse image of an original matched pair of British World War II Combined Operations Badges, machine embroidered in red thread on a dark blue wool circular backing.

British WW2 Combined Operations Badge

This is an original matched pair of British World War II Combined Operations Badges, machine embroidered in red thread on a dark blue wool circular backing. These badges were worn by a No. 9 Commando guard of honour while serving with No. 2 Commando Brigade Headquarters in the Mediterranean Theatre in 1945. The “No. 9 Commando” title featured red lettering on dark blue above the Combined Operations badge, which was originally red embroidery on a dark blue circle. The badges were sourced from Malta so were possibly locally made with no damage or repairs in good condition.

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Combined Operations Badge

Lt. D. A. Grant, who created the Combined Ops badge, could not have predicted how popular it would become or how long it would last.

The ‘Design’ Challenge of Mountbatten

The Combined Operations Command’s Chief, Lord Louis Mountbatten, solicited drawings for a badge to represent the Command on January 13, 1942. One of the designs submitted by Lt. D. A. Grant, RNVR, of HMS Tormentor, a landing craft training centre in the south of England, stood out above the numerous others in the open competition.

Lt Grant included a variety of symbols in his proposal that may be used to symbolise each of the three services. Here are the symbols: Navy: ship, naval crown, and fouled anchor

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