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Hello Ivan!

This badge looks like Machine Gun Corps to me.

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Hello russiamilitaria!

Nationaal Commando (Dutch Army)

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Churchill?

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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.

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Hello Jeff & Rick!

Lindencrone perhaps? There is a Hegemann-Lindencrone family.

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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.

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Hello RNLSGC!

3^e R?giment de Dragons

Panzeraufkl?rungsbataillon 2 (Bundeswehr)

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GRA,

Thanks for clearing that up for me and here is a scan of additional insignia

Regards,

Mark

5e R?giment de Dragons

1er Esc, 4e R?giment de Chasseurs

The parachute wings are Dutch.

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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.

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Hello RNLSGC!

That would be the badge of 1^er R?giment de Spahis.

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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

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Hello RNLSGC!

15^e R?giment de Chasseurs ? Cheval

501^e 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.

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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.

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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:

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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?

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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.

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Hello Ivan!

The first patch is Eastern Command, Royal Signals.

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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

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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.

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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.

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The 2nd Dragoons arrived in France / Flanders 17/8/14, & spent the war in that theatre, I think that they suffered about 159 fatalities but can't remember offhand where I read that.

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...

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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.

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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.

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Hello Rick!

Not really, J Haken, K Gottwald, J Ev Purkyne, A Zapotocky and Cpt Jaros

are names from the Communist Hall of Fame or other politically correct

persons. Gottwald and Zapotocky were presidents, and Jaros a Hero of

the Soviet Union.

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Hello Drew!

VPU = Vojenskopoliticke uciliste J Hakena, Military Political School of J Haken

The star badge 1951-1954 style, serial number on backside (1951 and 1954 silver scroll and crossed

helmet crushers, 1952 and 1953 gold ditto).

The oval badge 1955-1962 style, serial number on backside

As to availability and prices, I have no idea, since I?ve never looked for them when in Czech Rep.

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