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    Sharkey1807

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    1. The swiss army had in the past (1980s) some pins for specialisations. Those was called in the troops jargon "Sugus", reason fot that was there square form like the bonbons. If i'm correct that got changed somewere in 95 with a new ribbon system for specialist and duty-ribbons. More here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_awards_and_decorations_of_Switzerland
    2. @Kevin the rank is Gefreiter. The integral bach pouches was not for ammunition. It was for the Gamelle (mess kit) @Gordon: the back pach was used as followed, in the big middle pouch came raincoat, the 2 small long pouches on the left and right side was used for grenades, over the middle pouch was hanged the Feldspaten (digging tool) which got secured with its stick in the lower loop. Can tell you that you drove crazy with that backpack. It all the tears the jacket rearwards. Aside that when you jumped in ditch there was a fair chance the digging tool slipped out of the latch and the whole thing banged into your head. Lucky was the one who had his helmet on ! ;-) Greetings fro a Swiss in Sibiu Robert If you wanna find swiss stuff it's really not difficult. Look at www.ricardo.ch Or when you go to Zuerich there is a cool army surplus store with some very old stuff, it is located in Loewenstrasse. Very easy to find cause it pops out from all the other stores, anyway the street is just about 800 meters long.
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