Militaria
Lot 1683 SESSION 7 (11.30AM TUESDAY 31ST AUGUST) Militaria
Estimate $200
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $120
BRITISH V-FORCE COMMANDO SPECIAL FORCES BADGE, in brass with lug back. Very fine and rare.
Ex Barry McGown Scott Collection and previously from Colonial Auctions 26/2/05 (lot 679).
V-Force was a guerrilla force of British and Indian soldiers set up in 1942 to combat the likely invasion of India by the Japanese (see Kipling & King Vol II, p2072).
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