Buffs / Palestinian Scarce Shoulder Title Badge, Westlake 752
WW2 North African Campaign - Buffs / Palestinian Shoulder Title
A scarce copper-bronze shoulder title otherwise in very good condition.
Three Palestine Infantry Companies of Arab and Jewish personnel were formed in 1940, totaling about 500 men & attached to 1st Battalion The East Kent Regiment (The Buffs". Intended mainly for guard duties, some personnel served in the Syria Campaign of June - July 1941. In 1942 the 1600 Jewish & 1200 Arab personnel of the by now 15 companies were formed into the three battalions of a new Palestine Regiment.
