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Thanks.....Any idea what this insignia is for?

Good Day Guys....I need some authoritative help! Soviet Political Officers, Political Commissars / politruks etc etc.......has anyone got authoritative information on their insignia of office? I seek help too with the Academy awards. I know that the Lenin Political Academy existed, but have bo definitive example of what their academy awards look like. Can you help? Any help received will be greatly appreciated. Thanks -Drew, Sydney

Good Day Group. Can anyone shed some light on Albanian Political Officers uniform and insignia regalia? Did they have specific regalia or attend at a Political Academy? Any information on this subject most appreciated. Drew - Sydney, Australia

G'day Guys n Gals....anyone out there up to date with current Japanese army insignia - branch, units etc? Drew

G'day Gentlemen.......an amazing thread. I never knew of the Marine PK armband.......is this an acceptable representation thereof? What about other armbands? Or do we just have the cuff titles? Drew Chaney - interested in German KRIEGSBERICHTERS

Thanks Hugh.........do you know the exact designation of your item? Drew

SUPERB...........All that internet surfing one Friday afternoon at work paid off.......my Boss will be glad I put his time to good use, ha ha........WONDERFUL to have confirmation. Again Owain, thanks for your wonderful help! Any chance of getting the Kuwait badges????

This is a great photo, as it confirms that the badge I have and light blue felt backing do in fact go together............I thought it may have been a 'dealers delight' or just palin WRONG! GREAT COLLECTION Drew Chaney

A picture of 1POU beret and stable belt in my collection of worldwide PSYOPS items. Let me know if you can help me........I collect PSYOPS worldwide. Drew

Most definitly PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS. The beret is for 1 Psychological Operations Unit. 1 POU established as part of the Corps of Infantry on 1 July 1977 and Headquartered at Old Cranborne Barracks, Salisbury (Harare). The main emphasis of 1POU was operations against the terrorists - structured towards psychological confusion of the enemy - the objective of so undermining his morale that he becomes unwilling to fight and is encouraged to defect from the forces of communism. Drew Chaney

Good Day guys - herewith a picture of my Indian and Pakistani Army Intelligence Corps insignia. Kind regards, Drew Chaney ps - if you can to this page.........???? Fingers crossed, as theres no doubt a few holes in the collection.

Can you post a scan / picture of it for reference? Drew

Thanks Owain. Do you have much reference material on Saudi Army badges, unit patches etc? Reason being, I was was wondering if such a unit exist in Saudi Arabia? I'd really like to identify such MORALE & GUIDANCE units. I know such units exist for Jordan, Oman and Kuwait......Am I on the right track with the follwoing picture? Kind regards, and any help is always much appreciated -Drew

Please pass on.........I have a good mate in Taiwan who could pop a note or a phonecall their way. Much appreciated. Drew

G'day Guys....this topic is now fast becoming a crusade ........ My thanks for the renewed impetus and enthusiasm! Luckily it's still early days at work and the slow trickle of staff coming back from leave has resulted in me having a 'google deutschland' day....so a bit of info coming through, albeit in German. I'm trying desperately to translate....but it appears you are right. It looks like Officers pursue a normal career via the Land Forces, Air Force or Naval Officers Hochschule. Within the 2nd year of this officer schooling the cadets learn all about POLITICAL WORK etc...It is not clear if Political Officers are chosen, earmarked etc or steered in to the career of the Political Officer at this stage by higher authorities etc. It is clear though that after completion of Officers School the new young officer undertakes his / her first officers service position within a normal unit. After this service attendance at the Militarpolitische Hochschule Wilhelm Pieck is possible.........although not sure if this requires some sort of recommendation by a superior officer etc. I think the text then indicates that the young officer still undertakes their normal role whilst studying at Pieck......once all the subjects are under their belt and the course passed, the officer then becomes a strellvretreter to the battalion chief. Here the real role of political, social, cultural and morale enforcer comes to play, along party lines/ It appears once this occurs the career path as Political Officer is further nurtured by enhanced study at the Pieck Academy and possibly at the Higher Military Academy Friedrich Engels - and even further study in the USSR. Drew

G'day....herewith an insignia I think is pre world war 2, pre-communsit Chinese. Any views? Designation? Circa? Any help greatly appreciated. Drew

I seek the following insignia:

As discussed, herewith a picture of my Taiwan POLWAR Dept medal and other related ribbons. The 3 on left are definitly POLWAR whilst I think the one on the right of the medal is perhaps qualification, commendation ???? Drew

Hello there... I seek to inquire if anyone can help me with Royal Thai Army PSYOPS and Civil Affairs unit insignia? Can you help? Drew

Hello there. I am interested in learning if the current PLA General Political Department and it's Political Officers wear any distinguishing insignia or patches? The PLA has recently issued smart new uniforms - both working order and digital camo combat. They have also introduced patches, insignia and various items of regalia. Does this insignia, patch and badge flurry extend to the GPD? Any help here greatly appreciated. Take care Drew Chaney,Sydney

G'day one and all. I seek to further my knowledge and collection of Taiwan Political Warfare insignia, regalia, medals, patches and badges. Can you help? I seek POLWAR items from Taiwan Special Forces, Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force. Drew

Greetings one and all. HELP........ Can anyone secure South Korean branch of service collar devices / insignia? I seek to aquire the South Korean Army Troop Information and Education - TI&E Branch 'bell' collar devices. It would be so good to aquire such. Anyone able to help? Drew

Hello Guys.....Interesting medal. I have a TAIWAN POLITICAL ACADEMY medal similar to the medal ribbon. I'll take photos of such and post accordingly. My items are recent. I am interested in learning if you chaps have a access to TAIWAN POLITICAL WARFARE BUREAU / DEPARTMENT military insignia, regalia and medals? Take care, Drew Chaney

Thanks Guys........it is indeed a interesting one. My assumptions naturally make me think that with ALL the concerted effort applied by the USA in terms of PSYOPS - both tactical and strategic, the general Political Department within the armed forces would be pretty well entrenched, and Political Cadres located everywhere ensuring that Yankee propaganda was quickly discredited and the virtues of Uncle Fidel and the revolucion quickly entrenched / re-emphasised. My belief is, however, that this socialist state has a different structure to say the likes of North Korea where the military controls the state, and the communsit party is the state etc etc.....it appears possibly that in Cuba, the military knows it's place...perhaps a naive view!

Hello Owain.....and thank you for you kind reply. Is their a morale guidance department inthe military? I attach a picture of a patch for your review and clarrification.......I seem to think that perhaps a difference between moral guidance and morale guidance is where I am going wrong in my research. Have a look at this.... Is that Saudi? Is is MORALE GUIDANCE ? Kind regards....Drew