WWII Era Buckinghamshire Battalion Cap Badge (T-Force related)


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Sorry but this item has been sold. We left it up because it has an interesting history!
Above are the scans for a British Army WWII era Buckinghamshire Regiment Cap Badge. This badge, which is embossed with "Buckinghamshire Battalion" appears to be made of reddish brass. The tang type attachment is in good order. Generally an excellent badge with its design features still clear and distinct. A rare find with a strange history 

This badge's History ...
 This Battalion was formed from the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. The Battalion was part of the T-Force which was established in connection with the Operation Overlord Allied invasion of Europe. It was at first composed of five US and three British officers and thirteen enlisted men and women. In February 1945, on the eve of the advance into Germany,  a Special Sections Division was created to co-ordinate the operations of the T Subdivision. T-Forces were ordered to "identify, secure, guard valuable and special information", including documents, equipment, and persons of value to the Allied armies". T-Force units were attached to the three army groups on the Western Front; the Sixth United States Army Group.  British troops included two companies of the 1st Buckinghamshire Battalion..
Their mission was  to seize elements of the German nuclear energy project in south-western Germany towards the end of the war. A subcritical experimental nuclear reactor, uranium ingots, heavy water and several dozen atomic scientists and their staffs were seized, including Werner Heisenberg. T-Force units accompanied combat units when capturing industrial plants or arrived soon afterward to take control of them. They had to prevent any looting or sabotaging in the plants and were responsible for ensuring that key personnel did not escape and no documents were removed. Their methods were heavy-handed, "Their methods had echoes of the Gestapo" it has been said.
In postwar Germany, T-Force kidnapped German scientists and businessmen. It has been alleged that German businessmen were forced to travel to post-war Britain to be questioned by their commercial rivals, being interned if they refused to reveal trade secrets ...

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