Battle Dress du Welch Regiment. En laine de serge kaki, tous les boutons sont presents, ainsi que la patte de serrage au bas de la veste. Grades de sergent, insigne de specialite d artilleur, patch du Welch Regiment, titles Royal Artillery. Tous les insignes sont montes d origine. Interieur double en tissu coton beige. Etiquette du fabricant Ulidia Clothing Co Ltd Belfast. Taille 9. Bel exemple d un Battle Dress monte d origine. En juin 1944, le bataillon, sous les ordres du lieutenant-colonel Charles Coleman, a recu, apres de nombreuses annees d entrainement, l ordre de rejoindre la deuxieme armee britannique dans la campagne de Normandie. Des le debut de la campagne, le 4e Bataillon a ete implique dans des combats feroces pendant la bataille de Caen, et autour de la poche de Falaise, la bataille des Ardennes et la bataille du Reichwald ou il a subi de tres lourdes pertes et a implique certains des combats les plus feroces de la campagne d Europe du Nord-Ouest pour les soldats britanniques alors qu ils affrontaient des parachutistes allemands determines. A noter une certaine usure et patine de la piece, ainsi que quelques trous de mite. Etat II+. Welch Regiment Battle Dress. In khaki twill wool, all buttons are present, as is the tab at the bottom of the jacket. Sergeant s ranks, artillery speciality badge, Welch Regiment patch, Royal Artillery titles. All insignia are original. Interior lined in beige cotton fabric. Manufacturer s label Ulidia Clothing Co Ltd Belfast. Size 9. A fine example of an original mounted Battle Dress. In June 1944, the Battalion, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Coleman, was ordered, after many years of training, to join the British Second Army in the Normandy campaign. From the outset of the campaign, the 4th Battalion was involved in fierce fighting during the Battle of Caen, and around the Falaise Pocket, the Battle of the Bulge and the Battle of the Reichwald where it suffered very heavy casualties and involved some of the fiercest fighting of the North-West European campaign for British soldiers as they came up against determined German paratroopers. There is some wear and patina to the coin, as well as a few moth holes. Condition II+.

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