A Royal Marines Commando Beret, every man was issued with a Name Stamp,to mark every item of his kit.

Posted by David Prichard on Fri 28 Aug 2020 18:13:02 EDT

The Cap Badge is from a Staffordshire Regiment and has a Kings’ Crown. The origin of that knot is derived from one designed to hang three men together!

Posted by David Prichard on Fri 28 Aug 2020 18:09:56 EDT

This is a small map case with fitment for pens, pencils etc.

Posted by David Prichard on Wed 26 Aug 2020 12:42:32 EDT

’38 Pattern holster for .45 Webley Service Revolve small pouch above was for spare rounds (bullets for the uninitiated).

Posted by David Prichard on Wed 26 Aug 2020 12:40:43 EDT

This waistcoat was designed to carry loaded curved magazines for the .303” Bren, there were a few at CTCRM used by Camp Staff who laid on flash demos or acted as “Enemy” in the early 1960s, there were also some WW2 German helmets. At CTCRM there was a group of Trained Marines who formed the Field Training Staff (FTS) who would lay on ‘flash’ demos as part of Recruit Training and would show the right and wrong methods to be used so it formed part of the harsh learning curve.

Posted by David Prichard on Wed 26 Aug 2020 12:34:54 EDT