United Kingdom. A Long Range Desert Group Cap Badge, Private Made Auction on a heavy black wool

on a heavy black wool base

A group of three day badges

Dated Reverse

lasting five days

The numerals are in white on a black background

United Kingdom. A Long Range Desert Group Cap Badge, Private Made Auction on a heavy black woolIn silvered metal, illustrating a scorpion above the letters "LRDG", within a wide bordered circle, measuring 32. 8 mm in diameter, both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) was a reconnaissance and raiding unit of the British Army during the Second World War. Originally called the Long Range Patrol (LRP), the unit was founded in Egypt in June 1940 by Major Ralph A. Bagnold, acting under