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Interesting! Thank you for sharing ....

Hello all, He is certainly wearing a French uniform and French insignia. He could be a second lieutenant, or adjudant or adjudant-chef, depending on the colour or his rank insignia. He seems to be wearing a "fourragère" in the colours of the Légion d'Honneur. Badges in post ID:8 are regimental badges and are never worn on the collar. Regards

"Amazing" is the word! Thank you very much indeed.

Hello all, Fascinating topic. Here is Carman's interpretation of (some) branch insignia. It would be very interesting to compare with Chris Weeks' book

Thank you very much ! Amazing info

My pleasure. If you can post a close up of the badges he wears, maybe I shall be able to say what they are. Unfortunately, I am incompetent with medals ....

Because of the red/white penons which can suggest a Polish flag, I suppose .....

An Estonian lieutnant (A captain would wear four braids on cuff, an oddity ....) in M. 36 Uniform. His arm of service badges are worn on collars (I cannot discern what they look like). He is wearing an Estonian Military Pilot Qualification badges(over his medals). The two badges under his medals are probably unit and/or qualification badges but they are too small for me to tell which. If you can post a close up, maybe that will help.

Contemporary military medals of Armenia, if this can help http://www.mil.am/reward

Very interesting study on the 1944 badges and the book seems very promising too! Just one question: where is it available from? Now some illustrations and identifications from the Zeidler book I have mentionned: as you can see austere line drawings from the 80's. Three words of caution: 1) the period covered is 20's and 30's. 2) As is is a book in landscape format, I post the images so that they are not cut. I disclaim liability for stiff necks 3) I just post four pages (two pages of drawings, two pages of identifications)

Yes, that would be interesting to have this title. Thanks in advance :)

Prof Petko Pavlo's Bulgarian Military Decorations, is really excellent. In fact it is written in Bulgarian and in English ..... So do not hesitate if you find one!

Very interesting pics, thank you for sharing. The whole range of Hungarian badges prior to and during WW II have been described and illustrated in a kind of "fanzine" pamphlet by someone called Sandor Zeidler under the title: Leistungs-Ehrenabzeichen der österreichisch-ungarischen Armee . As the title suggests, it covers also the WWI and pre-WWI badges of the Austria-Hungary Army. Sometimes, it appears on e-bay or in Abebooks sells. I may post some pages, just in case someone is interested.

Dietrich E. Riemer, Bulgarian Badges Witnesses of History, BM-Trade , Sofia, 2007, p. 133 writes this could be a WW II Air Force Flight Instructor badge, but strongly suggests this could be a fake or a fantasy badge made up with parts of authentic badges. Prof Petko Pavlo does not mention it in the Air Force section of his Bulgarian Military Decorations, PHP Publihing House, Sofia, 2007. Sorry for the bad news ....

You can download the 1939 Guatemala Uniform Regulation by following this link. A most interesting feature http://www.studytemp...ala-1939-a.html

Quite interesting! Thank you for sharing. Are there any other such Yearbooks on the ne?

Saw a picture of your insignia in the excellent forum "Sammler.ru" - see under: this probably is the best illustrated collection of Latvian regimental badges on the net - and an other one in a book from my collection. It was published in Czech Republic, some years ago: in fact it shows two variants, one with the flaming grenade and one without (unfortunately, the pictures are so small that they are not worth reproducing). The forum I direct you to is for the most part in russian : but people in a People Republic are fluent in Russia, dont they ? Anyway, I think an artillery arsenal is quite in line with what I understand of the Latvian Army between 1918-1940. All the best. http://sammler.ru/index.php?showtopic=11095&st=80

Hello ! Glad that you appreciate the info I found. "Etappentruppe" is hard to translate. It applies more or less to troops having a transportation and quatermaster function. That could mean that the insignia is for this kind of troops attached to an Artillery Depot (as I am almost sure this is not an Artillery Fighting Unit). But it is merely speculative. Shall keep on looking for identification of this insignia.

I think actually this is a badge for people who made some training parachute jumps from a balloon, before being fully qualified. http://thaiartdecor.tripod.com/pin_badge/index.html

Your tunic must date back from the 30's. According to Knötel, green ("grün") in the colour of "Etappentruppe" ("Handbuch der Uniformkunde", p. 245) in Latvian Army. As for the badge, I shall have a look in my files. I cannot remebr having seen it before.

A new web site on White armies uniforms and insignia during the Civil War. Very informative. http://www.kolchakiy...od.ru/index.htm

Beautiful! Thanks for showing!

It is italian; probably a cuff insignia worn by the San Marco unit.

Dutch regulations of the pre WW II period show no such insignia. It could be Finnish, as they have issued a lot commemorative badges and patches. Question could be asked at Finnishawards, a very interestin and informative forum.

Hi ! Fourth from left in lower rank wears the acronym EMEPS which could very well mean "Ecole Militaire d'Education Physique et Sportive" (more or less : "Army Physical Training School". That suggests that we have badges from an ex-French colony in North Africa (I am quite sure they are not from Lebanon). Algeria would fit, maybe also Tunisia. Morocco seems to be ruled out as the badges feature no crown. If Elvis is absolutely certain that the badge he identified is from Algeria, that means that they are all from this country, except maybe third and fourth from left in upper row, which have different shapes.