Cozmo Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 I have a brodie helmet that has a RAF roundel with the RAF wings underneath, both quite faded. Does anyone know what this means/ is official? Or would this of just been done by the soldier? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Andrew Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 could you post a photo please Cozmo? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cozmo Posted August 8, 2022 Author Share Posted August 8, 2022 Sorry I got signed out of my account for some reason and never got notified that anyone replied, I will attach the image below. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leon21 Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Welcome Cozmo, never come across this before on a brodie helmet, I've seen helmets with the letters RAF on the front but never roundels. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cozmo Posted September 12, 2022 Author Share Posted September 12, 2022 (edited) Very interesting.. Wonder how it got there, appears to be original but you never know! There is also some hand written text on the bottom, I can attach an image if anyone would like to see. Edited September 12, 2022 by Cozmo 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Andrew Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 Yes would be interesting to see the text 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cozmo Posted September 14, 2022 Author Share Posted September 14, 2022 Says something along the lines of "?? G. L Pack 277 Gen 1st Army 1942" There is other text that I can't quite read due to fading but it contains two words and the first one looks like it could be "Iran" 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Andrew Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 Could be something to do with the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran. The Anglo-Soviet invasion of Persia was the joint invasion of the neutral Imperial State of Iran by the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union in August 1941. The invasion, code name Operation Countenance, was largely unopposed by the numerically and technologically outmatched Iranian forces. The multi-pronged coordinated invasion took place along Iran's borders with modern Iraq, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan, with fighting beginning on 25 August and ending on 31 August when the Iranian government formally agreed to surrender, having already agreed to a ceasefire on 30 August. The invasion took place two months after the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union's subsequent alliance with the United Kingdom. The attack also took place less than two months after Allied victories over pro-Axis forces in neighboring Iraq and French Syria and Lebanon. The invasion's strategic purpose was to ensure the safety of Allied supply lines to the USSR , secure Iranian oil fields, limit German influence in Iran (Reza Shah was considered friendly to Nazi Germany) and pre-empt a possible Axis advance from Turkey through Iran toward the Baku oil fields or British India. Following the invasion, on 16 September 1941 Reza Shah abdicated and was forced into exile by the invading British. He was replaced by his young son Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cozmo Posted September 16, 2022 Author Share Posted September 16, 2022 I definitely think it could be, it matches up quite well with that conflict. It is quite an interesting piece and I hope to be able to find out more about it in the future, I wonder if the soldier was involved in some sort of RAF ground operations, but I guess we will never know quite for sure. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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