Designed by Lieutenant Douglas A. Grant, RNVR in 1942 and officially approved in February 1942 by Lord Louis Mountbatten, Chief of Combined Operations Command
The badge was awarded to Commandos, OSS, SOE, and other Special Forces that completed the Commando Training course at No 1 Combined Training Centre (CTC) in Scotland.
Commandos served in every theatre of operations from Europe to the Far East during World War II
