Unit Sign red green 45

[Jon Skagfeld]

Mike: AFAIK, there was never a unit colour scheme of red over green, horizontally.

There are many unit signs with red over green, diagonally.

Matter of fact in Canadian Corps up 'til 1940, that diagonal pattern with "45" indicated Cypriot Pack Transport Coy.

I don't think that the answer you're looking for...perhaps that's why you want to contact the owner?

The way it's portrayed, I think it's bogus.

[Bruce MacMillan]

that looks like a British Columbia license plate from the mid 1960s. The vehicles around it date much later. Maybe someone from Western Command knows this jeep.

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Jon Skagfeld

Mike: AFAIK, there was never a unit colour scheme of red over green, horizontally.

There are many unit signs with red over green, diagonally.

........ The way it's portrayed, I think it's bogus.

Me too. That's an M38, circa 1952; AFAIK, there is no r/g 45-sign, period. It's a figment of someone's imagination methinks...

[Mike Timoshyk]

Hi guys,

Welll it is time to go back and get the peepers checked...

I missled you by indicating the 45 was imposed on red and green....it is actually red and blue.....suggesting "artillery"? perhaps....note the Mobile Command as well. It looks like a nice M38 Cdn. Also note the Variable Antenna mount for the C42 on the front fender...

so...any ideas/

Cheers

Mike Timoshyk in Windsor On

[rob love]

My money is on Artillery; I thought your photo looked more like red over blue. I have a unit marking on the end of the bench which went into the back of a 3/4 ton line truck. The unit was RCHA here in Shilo.




By the way, if anyone wants the bench, it's theirs for $5. Pickup only. I know where one of the lockers is located that goes on top of the bench, along with most of the other doo-dahs to make your common M37 into something rare (and even consume more fuel it that is possible).

[Mike Timoshyk]

Thanks Rob...I will pass the info on the the lucky owner.

cheers

Mike Timoshyk

[Jon Skagfeld]

Mike: Perhaps this is the final chapter on the Unit Sign.

I've run through Barry Beldham's Vol 1, Ed 4 and Vol 3, Ed 2 three times 'til my eyes are crossed.

The only such pictorial reference is of 11 Army Field Regt and 19 Army Field Regt, both on Sexton Mk 2s, Holland 1945.

The nagging question here is that First Canadian Army listings don't show these units.

Vol 2, IIRC, has Unit/Formation signs particular to Artillery, if you wish to persue this, but then, why...(Hmmm...how do I insert the "beating a dead horse" icon?

[super dave]

I have the same marking on the tailgate of a M135 that I purchased last year.