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    8th Recce Battledress

    Michael Reintjes
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    Post by Michael Reintjes Thu Dec 10, 2009 8:52 am

    8th Recce Battledress Jacket
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    GCR817
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    Post by GCR817 Thu Dec 10, 2009 9:53 am

    Very nice Michael,

    The 8th Recce BD is one of the few Sask unit BDs that I am missing from my collection!

    Do you know who the original owner was?

    Thanks for sharing it with us.

    Cheers,

    Geoff
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    Post by Michael Reintjes Thu Dec 10, 2009 11:37 am

    I wish it was an named example...It came from a used clothing store in BC...but I,m unable to find any provenance...a real shame,most of mine are named and of course that opens the door for lots of research.
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    Post by GCR817 Thu Dec 10, 2009 11:53 am

    Still a great BD! I wish I had of been the one to find it in a used clothes shop!

    Cheers,

    Geoff
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    Post by GCR817 Thu Dec 10, 2009 12:34 pm

    Micheal,

    Did the beret come with the tunic? I was wondering if you could provide some pics of the beret and the badge. It would be nice to see an original badge as was worn.

    Thanks,

    Geoff
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    Post by southsaskscotty Mon Dec 21, 2009 1:41 pm

    GCR817 wrote:

    The 8th Recce BD is one of the few Sask unit BDs that I am missing from my collection!

    Geoff

    Geoff, does this mean that you have a WWII South Saskatchewan Regiment BD? That is the holy grail for me!

    Scott
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    Post by GCR817 Thu Dec 24, 2009 11:32 am

    southsaskscotty wrote:
    GCR817 wrote:

    The 8th Recce BD is one of the few Sask unit BDs that I am missing from my collection!

    Geoff

    Geoff, does this mean that you have a WWII South Saskatchewan Regiment BD? That is the holy grail for me!

    Scott

    Hi Scott,

    I do have a BD to the SSR.

    Cheers,

    Geoff
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    Post by southsaskscotty Thu Dec 24, 2009 2:17 pm

    GCR817 wrote:
    southsaskscotty wrote:
    GCR817 wrote:

    The 8th Recce BD is one of the few Sask unit BDs that I am missing from my collection!

    Geoff

    Geoff, does this mean that you have a WWII South Saskatchewan Regiment BD? That is the holy grail for me!

    Scott

    Hi Scott,

    I do have a BD to the SSR.

    Cheers,

    Geoff

    You Lucky bugger.....I would love to see pics of it should you ever have time to shoot some my way....I can shoot you my e-mail if you like!

    happy holidays
    Scott
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    Post by GCR817 Thu Dec 24, 2009 2:27 pm

    Hi Scott,

    I would be happy to send you pics. It is a good original tunic and pants but really nothing too special to look at.

    Do you have a particular interest in the SSR?

    I was lucky to purchase BD to the Regina Rifles, SSR and SLI as a group from an old Sask collector who had picked them up from the veterans years ago. I've also added a PA Vols tunic to the lot since then.

    If you send you your email I'll get some pics off to you over the holidays.

    Have a Merry Christmas,

    Geoff

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