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All ranks' beret badge, Long Range Desert Group, 1944 (c)

The badge of the Long Range Desert Group Bronze depicts a scorpion within a circlet, below which are the letters 'LRDG'. Legend has it that the badge was designed by one of the unit's earliest recruits, a New Zealander called Gunner C. Grimsey who was stung by a scorpion. This particular badge was owned by the unit's third commander Lieutenant-Colonel David Lloyd Owen.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1980-01-25--1

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Conflict in Europe gallery

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1980-01-25--1

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