A superb original wooden plaque

for the

20^th Armoured Brigade

BAOR 1950-1989

 

The 20^th Light Armoured Brigade was formed in the UK

on September 3^rd 1939 and served as a part of Home Forces,

eventually becoming a training unit providing personnel

for combat units who would go on to fight in

Normandy in 1944 and thence advance into Germany in 1945.

 

On April 20^th 1943 the Brigade was disbanded,

however after WW-II it was reactivated on September 15^th 1950

as a part of the UK’s Strategic Reserve and was despatched to

Munster to join 

BAOR (British Army of The Rhine)

under the command of 6^th Armoured Division

with their Centurion Tanks…

 

Continuing to operate in Germany throughout the Cold War,

following the Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989,

20^th Armoured Brigade as amalgamated with

33^rd Armoured Division and relocated to Paderborn.

 

An substantial &  heavy wooden shield  measuring  10" x 8" x 0.5"

dating back to the 1950s and

featuring the iconic ‘Mailed Fist’ emblem of

20^th Armoured Brigade and completed with

a small brass plaque underneath.

 

A very impressive looking artefact and a good souvenir