Bill Millins Kilt

[Kilted Karl]

Dear Oregonian,

Modern Royal Marine green berets can be bought from a number of places. However, berets of the time were a good deal bigger around (as well as lined with cotton rather than polyester) than modern berets. Soldiers of today also "jock" their berets to get them to fit the head whereas this practice was not common during WWII.

All that being said the only option for an accurate WWII beret is to get an original or a reproduction. For most things I recommend Jerry Lee at What Price the Glory but there was a mix up between him and whoever manufactures his berets as the website advertises cotton lining but the actually beret is lined in polyester. Jerry Lee was great about it though and refunded my money and paid postage back to him so for customer service and honesty I highly reccomend WPG.

Therefore I was forced to buy from Soldier of Fortune http://www.sofmilitary.co.uk/ww2-com...t-product,1253 Based on all my research they are the best green beret reproductions on the marked currently (within a sensible price range).

On his beret Mr. Millin wore a Lovat Scouts cap badge. The WWII version of this badge http://hcvv.home.xs4all.nl/Gaylor-Lovat.jpeg looked like this http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...outs_Badge.jpg Originals are not difficult to find and are worth it.

Behind his badge Mr. Millin wore a scrap of "Lochiel's Tartan" which I take to be Cameron of Lochiel.

These details are precisely correct and are approved by the late Bill Millin himself.

I hope this is of help to you.

Sincerely,

:ootd: Karl

P.S. I have a PDF on how to identify original berets with detailed pictures of originals, this will help you make one or two small and easy modifications to your reproduction to make it more accurate. If anyone is interested please P.M. me.