Scarce British AAC badge, German keepsake....

[Chris Boonzaier]

For those who dont collect German... this may be of interest anyway ;-)

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/56658-fallschirmjgers-wallet/?p=524614

[Chris Boonzaier]

Here you go...

[Mervyn Mitton]

Chris - AAC stands for Army Air Corps. They were formed in 1942 and included personnel for a number of duties. One of these

was flying small planes for spotting - they had an artillery officer on board to watch for fall of shot. They also included Paras in the

early days and SAS.

I agree with you that the wallet looks Tunisian or, Nth.African - he could have taken the badge as a souvenir in Africa or, perhaps

Crete where the German Paras were in force.

One interesting point - I don't think the badge is an original one. During the camaign many badges were lost when equipment was captured.

This led to the British troops making sand castings - using a genuine badge. Remember, without identification you were not treated

as a POW. I would say this is a sand casting. Mervyn

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi Mervyn,

I checked it against a known original, it is a good to go piece, the mid to late war emergency plastic badges, with correct maker etc.

They are not often seen and little known (to me at least)

All the best

Chris

[Chris Boonzaier]

Details....

[Mervyn Mitton]

With the bigger size I can see the makers name - Stanley - but can't make out the place ? I see lots of plastic and sand castings - the roughness

showing on the smaller picture looked like a casting. Plastic is better - particularly in this condition. Good unit and the plastic hasn't come

to pieces - as they often do. Mervyn