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Bernard Montgomery's Beret. Before the brilliant but eccentric field marshal led British forces to victory over Erwin Rommel's dreaded German Afrika Corps in the Battle of El Alamein, a member of the
Why did field marshal Montgomery wear two cap badges on his beret? Was it a 'gimmick' or did he have close ties to those two regiments? - Quora
![FIELD MARSHAL BERNARD LAW MONTGOMERY, 1ST VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN, KG, GCB, DSO, PC (1887-1976)A BERET, BRITISH BERET BASQUE LTD., 1942 | Christie's FIELD MARSHAL BERNARD LAW MONTGOMERY, 1ST VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN, KG, GCB, DSO, PC (1887-1976)A BERET, BRITISH BERET BASQUE LTD., 1942 | Christie's](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2016/CSK/2016_CSK_14139_0542_000(field_marshal_bernard_law_montgomery_1st_viscount_montgomery_of_alamei085238).jpg?mode=max)
FIELD MARSHAL BERNARD LAW MONTGOMERY, 1ST VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN, KG, GCB, DSO, PC (1887-1976)A BERET, BRITISH BERET BASQUE LTD., 1942 | Christie's
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