The World Famous S.A.S Beret and History

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In October 1941, David Stirling had asked the men to come up with ideas for insignia designs for the new unit. Bob Tait, who had accompanied Stirling on the first raid, produced the winning entry: the flaming sword of Excalibur, the legendary weapon of King Arthur. This motif would later be misinterpreted as a winged dagger. In regard to mottoes, "Strike and Destroy" was rejected as being too blunt. "Descend to Ascend" seemed inappropriate since parachuting was no longer the primary method of transport. Finally, Stirling settled on "Who Dares Wins," which seemed to strike the right balance of valour and confidence. SAS pattern parachute wings, designed by Lieutenant Jock Lewes and depicted the wings of a scarab beetle with a parachute. The wings were to be worn the right shoulder upon completion of parachute training. After three missions, they were worn on the left breast above medal ribbons. The wings, Stirling noted, "Were treated as medals in their own right."
The sand-coloured beret of the Special Air Service is officially designated the beige beret. The beige beret was worn from 1942 till 1944. In 1944, when the SAS returned to the UK they were forced to adopt the maroon beret of the airborne forces as they became part of that command (see Special Air Service Troops). When the SAS was re-raised in 1947 as 21st SAS Artist Rifles they again wore the maroon beret. In 1956 however the SAS officially adopted the beige beret again, an attempt was made to match the original sand coloured cloth beret from those in the possession of veterans. This proved impossible to do from existing approved cloth colour stocks held by the British authorities, so, as a compromise and with no authorisation for expenditure on a new colour dye the nearest acceptable colour was selected and approved by an all ranks committee of the Regimental Association. In 1958 all SAS personnel switched from maroon to beige. Personnel attached to the regiment also wear this beret but with their own badges in accordance with usual British practice.

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@faeembrugh 5 ай бұрын

My little brother was given a maroon SAS beret by one of our neighbours. The man just said 'Och, I got this in Malaya when we were sent from the Scots Guards with me and my mate to teach people about fighting in the jungle.' No idea what happened to it.

@SteveHB59 5 ай бұрын

NZSAS kept the maroon beret for many years, before changing to the standard SAS headwear

@stealthtecify 5 ай бұрын

I had the a genuine maroon/red Sas berret as a teen but gave it away because I was told that it was fake because” Sas berets have only ever been tan!!! 😢ffs it has been my prize militaria piece as a teen until I got told it was fake

@JohnDoe-ee6qs 5 ай бұрын

Thats gotta hurt, got rid of a lot of things over the years which i wish i kept, and missed a lot of things i wish i bought

@andrewfox6631 5 ай бұрын

@@JohnDoe-ee6qsI feel your pain

@matthewjones9565 5 ай бұрын

It's actually a flaming excalibur. Wings are worn on the right shoulder, not the left.

@Irishpewtuber 5 ай бұрын

Lovely collection John.

@paulconnor8519 5 ай бұрын

The “wings’ on the cap badge are actually flames, not well known eleven at H. The original guy in Egypt they commissioned to embroider the badges had limited thread colours due to wartime shortages therefore, the original colour design was changed to fit the colours of thread he had to hand,

@alphasierramike2091 5 ай бұрын

You need to look at 1RIPMa which descends from 2nd Parachute Chasseur Regiment and others

@nordic0815 5 ай бұрын

The original SAS Beret issued to L Det was white? The white beret was only an experiment and were never issued as we came to the conclusion that they got dirty too quickly and were not practical...

@christhorpejunction8982 5 ай бұрын

I believe the white beret led to some rather unpleasant bar incidents, well according to a couple of the published histories.

@1979tonylee 5 ай бұрын

You need to get a L detachment white beret to complete the collection

@lib556 5 ай бұрын

I've always wondered about that. That latest TV series has L Det wearing white berets. I haven't seen too many other mentions of that to back it up. Did they, in fact, initially wear white berets?

@1979tonylee 5 ай бұрын

@@lib556 They did wear White Beret's to start with for a short period, but because they got into fights over them being called cowards act they changed the colour. If you Google "Gentleman Jim Almonds" who was an original L Detachment member you can see him wearing a White Beret.

@lib556 5 ай бұрын

@@1979tonylee Okay.