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Hello JonErik! Nice display you have there, but before you put the lid on it, take a look at the Occupation Medal ribbon. It seems reversed! Greetings/GRA

Looking closer at the MG badge, it seems like there?s a backing to it. Could that narrow the field a little bit? Is there a connection between photo 1 and 2? Would a Scottish MG unit wear a peaked cap or a bonnet, and if a cap, would they then wear a tartan backing to it? /GRA

Hello Ivan! This badge looks like Machine Gun Corps to me. Greetings/GRA

Hello russiamilitaria! Nationaal Commando (Dutch Army) Greetings/GRA

Churchill? /GRA

Hello Mike! I think you have G?teborgs stads f?rtj?nsttecken (1948-04-29, 819 recipients to date) as medal number 7 on your bar. The ribbon is faded, but it should be looking like this; By the look of the other Swedish medals, it seems like they date from 1950-1973 (Gustaf IV Adolf). PM me your e-mail address if you?re interested in the list of the recipients of the Gothenburg medal, as well as the statutes. Greetings/GRA

Hello Jeff & Rick! Lindencrone perhaps? There is a Hegemann-Lindencrone family. Greetings/GRA

Hello RNLSGC! Pzaufklbtl 2, was never part or the German/French brigade, it?s the French 3e R?giment de Hussards which is tasked with armoured reconnaisance within the brigade, and has always been. Pzaufklbtl 2 is now disbanded. Greetings/GRA

Hello RNLSGC! 3e R?giment de Dragons Panzeraufkl?rungsbataillon 2 (Bundeswehr) Greetings/GRA

5e R?giment de Dragons 1er Esc, 4e R?giment de Chasseurs The parachute wings are Dutch. Greetings/GRA

Hello RNLSGC! The Spahis are cavalry, in this case originating from the once French colonies in North Africa. Once there were Agerian, Moroccan and Tunisian Spahis regiments, but the only unit left is 1er R?giment de Spahis, equipped with AMX 10 RC. The name Lyautey is simply to commemorate a French general, who was involved in the organisation of Spahis for service in WWI. While all other French cavalry units wear silver badges, the Spahis wear gold badges. Greetings/GRA

Hello RNLSGC! That would be the badge of 1er R?giment de Spahis. Greetings/GRA

Hello RNLSGC! I?m trying to keep my collecting down myself, however anything cavalry related will instantly wake me up! As to these French badges, I have to confess I?m having a language problem too, but there?s this web- site that might interest you, and at least you might get a unit fix to some of your badges. http://www.symboles-et-traditions.com/form/nouvelindex.htm Greetings/GRA

Hello RNLSGC! 15e R?giment de Chasseurs ? Cheval 501e R?giment de Chars de Combat 13e Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpins As to the other "bugle badges" they?re either Chasseurs or Chasseurs Alpins. The white cross on red with a double-headed black bird is 1er R?giment d'Infanterie. The blue T is Transmissions units. Greetings/GRA

Hello Heiko! That would probably be the easy way out, four days of going walkie! It?s the bike orderly medal of the 4-daagse in Nijmegen on the picture, not the marching cross, but for some reason it seems like the suspender of the cross is used on this medal. Greetings/GRA

Hello Sugarcreekflats! As Gordon says, it?s a mug from 3./Pzaufklbtl12 which were stationed in Ebern. The unit were in existence between 1966 and 2004, and I think that it was part of 12. Panzerdivision (I?m not sure). The company badge of 3. Kp (3. Coy) looked like this: Greetings/GRA

Hello Webr55! "Za Zasluhy" is more equivalent to "for merit" than "for bravery", which I guess makes sense since that ribbon is at the end of the ribbon bar. Maybe a long server? Greetings/GRA

Hello John! This beer mug commemorates the 30th anniversary of GebirgsPanzerAufkl?rungsBataillon 8 in 1988 (August 1st). The unit started as GrenadierBataillon 44 (1958), reorganised into PanzerGrenadierBataillon 111 (1959), renamed PanzerGrenadierBataillon 243 (1966), reorganised into GebirgsPanzerAufkl?rungsbataillon 8 (1970), finally renamed and reorganised into Aufkl?rungsbataillon 8 (2007). It has been stationed in Freyung since 1960. Greetings/GRA

Hello Ivan! The first patch is Eastern Command, Royal Signals. Greetings/GRA

Hello Paul! Peter is right, they?re Swedish, and more specifically the bronze and silver master swimmer badges. They exist in iron, bronze, silver gold and gold with enamel, and are as far as I know, the only civilian swimming proficiency badges that are allowed to wear on uniform in Sweden. The qualifications are quite tough, swimming several hundred meters (well, a couple of kilometres) with and without full covering dress (eg tracksuit), under water swimming etc. See link below. http://www.simforbundet.se/swwwing/app/cm/...jsp?PAGE=101465 Greetings/GRA

Hello Veteran! I haven?t been able to find a date for the change of design, but if your cross is made by a decent jeweller it ought to have date stamps. Is there any? I?m not surprised the cross was found in France, since there was a lot of contacts between Sweden and France in the late 18th century (at least up to the French Revolution). By the way, the monogram is supposed to be a double A. As kimj writes, the order still exists as an order for "social interaction" and their gatherings are commonly reported in ladies magazines as among its members are several royal persons. They have introduction of new members every even year and the main lodge is in Stockholm, with additional chapters in Gothenburg, Malm?, Karlskrona and Helsinki. Greetings/GRA

Hello Veteran! I stumbled across this link on the Swedish site www.medalj.nu regarding the Amaranther Orden, this website isn?t bad at describing current Swedish military (and some foreign) orders and decorations by the way. http://www.medalj.nu/ribbon_info.asp?build...B-7784F886D689} If you want some more, and translated, send me a PM, there?s an official website that could give more info. Greetings/GRA

Hello Leigh! I ran across these figures in "The History of the Royal Scots Greys (The Second Dragoons) August 1914 - March 1919": officers other ranks killed 9 82 died of wounds 1 35 died of illness - 13 missing - 3 prisoners of war 1 32 wounded 26 420 total: 37 585 Your figure seems to relate roughly to the Roll of Honour in "Second To None, The Royal Scots Greys 1919-1945" stated as 153 killed in action / died on active service. And now I?ll lean back and enjoy this interesting thread... Greetings/GRA

Hello Graham, Saint all others in this thread! Allow me to quote from Light Horse and Mounted Rifle Volunteers 1860-1901 by W.Y. Carman: "Badges for efficiency... A certificate for ?efficiency? could be issued after a year?s service and later a badge for efficiency was worn (Vol. Regs. 1878, paras 619-620). This was a ring, half an inch wide, worn round the sleeve of the right arm above the cuff, passing under any lace or embroidery belonging to the uniform. This ring could be either silver, cloth or braid... Men who returned as efficient five times were per- mitted a star (of silver, silk or worsted), to be worn above the ring. A silver star was granted when the ring was silver lace. This star had five points and a circular device in the centre. For every five years that the volunteer was efficient, another star was permitted." It also seems like a new efficiency badge was introduced in 1881, but that the ring and star combination survived for some time. Greetings/GRA

Exactly! In the First Republic one would find names like Jan Zizka (Hussite warrior), T G Masaryk (first president of Czechoslovakia) and Jiri of Podebrad (15th century king of Bohemia). So it seems like a there is a dual heritage of naming tradition, it?s a pity that it is no longer continued. /GRA