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Parachute Regiment Remembrance Flower Lapel Pin

Military Remembrance Pins

  • £950


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Wear this Para Pin with pride at any time of the year not just Remembrance Week.

Made with High quality metals and enamels.  

2 x Rear metal butterfly pin fasteners. 

Size: 35mm 

Free UK Postage & Packaging

Worldwide postage will be added at checkout for your country destination. Using the current Royal Mail Standard Delivery Tariffs. Tracked & Signed options are available.

Why not purchase a pack of Spring Loaded Chrome Pin Savers, never lose another lapel pin. Very secure. Then keep safe in one of our presentation/storage boxes. (Click On The Images)  

 

The Parachute Regiment, colloquially known as the Paras, is an elite airborne infantry regiment of the British Army. The regiment is one of the most elite units in the world.[5] The first battalion is permanently under the command of the Director Special Forces in the Special Forces Support Group. The other battalions are the parachute infantry component of the British Army's rapid response formation, 16 Air Assault Brigade. The Paras are the only line infantry regiment of the British Army that has not been amalgamated with another unit since the end of the Second World War.[6]

The Parachute Regiment was formed on 22 June 1940 during the Second World War and eventually raised 17 battalions. In Europe, these battalions formed part of the 1st Airborne Division, the 6th Airborne Division and the 2nd Independent Parachute Brigade Group. Another three battalions served with the British Indian Army in India and Burma. The regiment took part in six major parachute assault operations in North AfricaItalyGreeceFrance, the Netherlands and Germany, often landing ahead of all other troops.

At the end of the Second World War, the regiment was reduced to three regular army battalions first assigned to the 16th Parachute Brigade and later the 5th Airborne Brigade. The reserve 16th Airborne Division was formed using the regiment reserve battalions in the Territorial Army. Defence cuts gradually reduced the TA formations to a parachute brigade and then a single reserve battalion. In the same time period, the regular army battalions have taken part in operations in SuezCyprusBorneoAdenNorthern Ireland, the Falklands, the Kosovo War, the BalkansSierra LeoneIraq and Afghanistan, at times being reinforced by men from the reserve battalion.