Chris S

The back....

Chris

This must be an early aviation veterans badge...made of silver...not seen it in any books..

Chris

A reference to this variation in Avers No1

Chris

The back of the 70ties version...

The back of the earlier version...

Hi Guys

Here is a Best Naval Dockyard Worker...notice the difference...the one on the right is the rare 1970ties variation as it was issued few as they did not like it!

This version is on the right.

Chris

The back

Chris

As promised here is one I have...

Chris

There are two variations...bronze and silver, I will dig my bronze variation out at the week end and post it.

Chris

I also found this...great Latvian Badge......

I bought this a couple of days ago..great find...

This web site shows some items from a shop in old Tallinn...I have bought a few pieces from him recently...ironically they did not belong to him but one of his shop assistant's who was selling some items from her private collection.

He has a nice shop with some good pieces but also many made up groups.

He is worth examining if you know what to look for....he is expensive but can be knocked down.

Small world.

Chris

The back....bronze and once silvered...

Chris

This is a member of the "Get Ready" series of badges, this one for medical aspects for defence. I guess this one must be for Para medics....1934 issue.

Chris

"C" typle loop...

Chris

The back with its German style catch....badge is made of silver.

Chris

This is a very early Pilots badge for the first Soviet civil aviation fleet "Dobrolyot". The emblem was created by artist K.S.Malevich.

This fleet had quite a close conection to early German civil aviation as well....so much so that I think the badge may be even made in Germany as the catch is so ....er...well German!

Any thoughts?

Chris

What is interesting is the Pat War he is wearing...on a hanger in 1961!!!!

Chris

come on, UK hasn't been a superpower for 100 years or more - at a certain point you've gotta start living within your means

It was super enuff to stand up to Hitler when everyone else put their hands up and changed the course of history...erm let me see...something under 100 years ago.

Chris

There are some worse things than a .5 that can be humped

Kevin in Deva

yeh, 20 stone women.

Chris

Hi Kev

yes, the LMG was converted to 7.62 and the flash hider was different, the mag did fit on the SLR, I carried 11 mags ( and bandoleers) and most of these were LMG...not issued but proffed over the years.

Happiness in a contact is mucho ammo.

I would never want to hump a .5

Chris

Nice unit. They were very good guns. They even used them in the Falklands war.

byf

Yes, but depending on which unit you were in....we had a LMG (as we were an artic unit...mags being better than belts due to freezing) and a GPMG in each section.

Chris

does someone have info about this badge - from the colors and everything i would say its from estonia and the way it looks seems to be a firefigthers badge - but thats all i can tell. hope some others can do more.

christian

Yes, it is an Estonian Fire Fighters badge circa 30ties during the first Independence, I think they are long service badges, this one for five years good service.

Chris

A Latvian Airforce Sgt.......

Closer of the Fire Cross....