question Does anyone recognise these?

[scott9643]

I've looked all over the place and can't find any information about these unit and div signs. Can anybody throw any light on this please. The picture is the back of my Saracen which I believe was demobbed in the eighties and luckily hasn't had the paintwork touched since base overhaul and up-armour in 1975 so I've no reason to think that they aren't original.

 

[XWDV8]

the cat could be 17th division see link http://dbgmilitaria.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=20&products_id=1680&zenid=30287bad1897c32caabe79f39be65faf

[Richard Farrant]

Odd thing is that by the time that paint scheme had come in, the tac and division signs had been withdrawn. Maybe it was done for a film job? The cat sign might have been used in Malaya, seem to think I have seen photos of Ferrets with something similar operating over there.

[wally dugan]

THE only cat with a arched back cat is black on a khaki back ground belongs to the 17 INDIAN DIVISION the red and blue is royal artillery 74 is 2 field regiment but it does not seem right on a saracen l could be wrong

[wally dugan]

SORRY do not know why l mentioned 74 but l cannot find the number 5 in my books in any reference to the artillery

[Richard Farrant]

THE only cat with a arched back cat is black on a khaki back ground belongs to the 17 INDIAN DIVISION the red and blue is royal artillery 74 is 2 field regiment but it does not seem right on a saracen l could be wrong

 

Wally,

Artillery sign is red and blue split horizontally. This red and blue diagonally is an unusual one although something tells me Household Cavalry, seem to recollect coming across it before.

[Tony B]

A black cat was the sign of London Command. So that cold link to the Household Division.

[wally dugan]

RICHARD you are right household cavalry but still cannot place the number 5 in some of the books l have it appears as a spare

[wally dugan]

tony the black cat was used by four divisions but only two had a arched back the 9 corp but this had a orange square

background which this one did not while the one in the picture is not what l would call khaki but it is not orange 9 corps

cat has a more arched back