A nice unissued example of an original
World War Two British Army
HQ XXX (30) Corps
Battle Blouse Shoulder Patch
1941-45.
Formed in the Western Desert in 1941
HQ XXX Corps saw action in the second
Battle of El Alamein in 1942,
thence in the Tunisian Campaign, before forming the left flank of the
Invasion of Sicily in 1943.
Returning to the UK to prepare for D-Day,
it took part in the Normandy Landings on June 6th 1944
and subsequently fought the
German Panzer-Lehr Division
at Villiers-Bocage.
Swiftly advancing across North West Europe,
HQ XXX Corps liberated Brussels & Antwerp
and then took on German forces at the Falaise Gap.
Involved in
'Operation Market Garden',
the ill-fated Airborne drop on Arnhem,
HQ XXX Corp arrived too late to save the British 1st Airborne.
But advancing westwards it took part in the
Battle of The Bulge
where it secured the vital bridges over the River Meuse,
thence, (as part of the First Canadian Army).
assaulted the Rhine and advanced through
The Reichswald Forest in 'Operation Veritable'
a pincer movement encircling the defending Germans.
Finally advancing deep into Germany under the command of
General Brian Horrocks
as the German forces crumbled before it,
HQ XXX Corps reached North-Rhine Westphalia
just as the war ended on May 7th 1945,
whereupon the Corps took over responsibilities
for Hannover Province.
Measuring approx 2.25" x 2.25" unfolded, and screen-printed, this
Divisional patch is in a mint-unissued condition and
is part of a small group of 15 such British WW-II Army shoulder patches
collected by a veteran of the Normandy Campaign during
the later years of the Second World War.
+++ Please note this sale is just for the HQ XXX Corps Patch only! +++