drewchaneyau

Good Day All. A quick question / query based on my interest area: Has anybody built a loudspeaker platform out of a military model? I'd love to see the final product. Does anyone know of such platforms having been sold as such?

Kind regards, Drew

Nice....thanks for sharing. DREW

Here is a picture of the gold and silvered pins for the Political Academy

I have the gold version but not the silvered type.

DREW

G'day Guys....enjoying the thread. Thought I'd add to it by uploading my POLITICAL ACADEMY badges - Ground Forces, Air Force and Navy. In addition I have a gold pin and have seen a silver metal version thereof. Any ideas? DREW

Chaps - the picture of the collection is for showcasing. The WORLDWIDE PSYOPS wiki - website link is mine too! DREW CHANEY

Irish - WOW!!! Thanks heaps for the upload of additional items I have not got in my collection. I appreciate you taking the time to upload these items. Much appreciated - You have added to my reference info and growing wants list - DREW

The 15 (UK) Psychological Operations Group is a tri-service group. It is a Territorial Army unit 'managed' by 1 Intelligence Brigade.

Here is my collection of official ( and unnofficial) items for this interesting and relatively new unit.

Drew

I found this picture of an Angolan Special Forces soldier wearing 3 items of qualification / affiliation insignia.

Andrew

Picture attached.

Good Day Guys - HELP!!! Anyone know if JNA Political Officers wore colour specific collar tabs ?

Secondly - Any idea what a blue / white / blue collar tab denotes? A chap is selling some items - one with 3 small red stars set on the central white device, and the second set an infantry crossed rifles branch device with one red star.......any ideas?

Kind regards,DREW

Hello!!

How can I help you??

Cheers,

Ricardo

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Ricardo - many thansk for your kind offer of help: I am after any army / military insignia devoted specifically to the following units in Brazil:

Destacamento de Opera??es Psicol?gicas - Dst Op Psico,

Brigada de Operacoes Especiais - Bda Op Esp,

Centro de Comunica??o Social do Ex?rcito -CCOMSEX

Centro de Instru??o de Opera??es Especiais (CI Op Esp).

I am also interested in any brevet insignia worn for OPSIC qualified personnel. I am eager to acquire any patches, insignia or reference information on such items. Thansk in advance

DREW

G'day from Sydney, Australia: I trust we are all looking forward to Christmas!

HELP! I have found 2 insignia distributors / manufacturers / insignia dealers on the net..........and typically don't get any response from emails I have sent to their advertised internet contact email address. This the result I fear of the langauge barrier.

Do we have any BRAZILIAN / PORTUGUESE collectors on the fourm who could possibly help me make first contact?........... a 'hello' would be nice!!!

Kind regards, DREW CHANEY

Far, far away, in the land 'Down Under' sits a collector equally impressed and at the same time...very JEALOUS.......What a nice find. Thanks for posting

Drew

Good Day Guys. Seemingly my increased knowledge when it comes to new items of POLITICAL OFFICER Training / POLITICAL ACADEMY awards etc, has made me aware of newer items on the market. I am enjoying the continued hunt for such items following much help from this forum. I am greatfull. I now know what to look for (seemingly), but I need your help on these 2 items listed.

Dealers are eager to indicate these 2 items as being of POLITICAL Training value......are they correct? They do not fit the information I have at hand. So I am seeking confirmation and a correct designation. Can you help?

Gratefully yours - DREW

Royal Thai Army, Psychological Warfare - Special Warfare Division Patch.

Regards;

Johnsy

Johnsy - Any chance of getting hold of such ? Drew

Bulgarian Political badges: I see from various posts and from ebay that numerous versions of the Bulgarian excellent Political work badges exist! Has anyone difinitive information on these variants? I suspect the variants span numerous years and reflect the later trend in making badges in the cheap lightweight materials! I attach a picture too of a badge that does not fit the normal variant listing and has been designated as political training......is that so? Can anyone help in this regard?

Take care - all the best, Drew

Hugh - Thanks for sound advice....I 'll pass on accordingly and await with glee any positive aquisitions.......hopefully. Fingers crossed.

Again, my thanks

Drew

Hugh - Good day mate .... I've got a ranking US Army officer in country who is prepared to give it a go and pop over to your shop and see what he can do. Please let me have the address as mentioned and also any requests that you may have. Let's see if we can kill 2 birds with 1 stone so to say. Anh ehp appreciated - fingers crossed.

Drew

My sincere appreciation and thanks to all who have taken the time to contribute here. From near zero information on this interesting topic, I've got some amazing insights and truly interesting facts. I know what to look for..... Let the hunt begin. Naturally, if anyone has any items of Political value - give me a call.

Hello Drew!

Yes, I have the book, see posts 13-20 in this thread. It apparently exist

in a couple of editions, but the contents as to VPU and VPA badges ought

to be the same as they aren?t among the newer badges.

Greetings/GRA

GRA.....Thanks again.....I did a google search this arvo, and came across the follwoing items. pictures attached. Any comments?

Drew

ps - are they readibly available?

The quest continues.........I've recently had the following patches made known to me as PLA General Political Department. Both items are now eagerly sought....CAN ANYONE HELP????

Take care - Drew

Hello Drew!

There are a few Political Academy badges in the book. The letters VPU

(Vojenskopoliticke uciliste) and VPA (Vojenska politicka akademie) is what

you would look for on the badge itself.

Greetings/GRA

Thanks GRA..... Do you have this book?

Drew

There were four variants of the military political academy badge.

Drewchaneyau's badge is for high military political academy of air force (blue background). It was issiued from 1974 till 1991. Badges from that period were made in gold coloured metal. From that period there were also badge for high military political academy of navy (dark blue background) and for high military political academy of army (red background).

Beside these badges there was also a badge for military political academy, which was issued in period from 1970 till 1974. It was same as badge for high military political academy of army, what means it had red background. But it was made from silver coloured metal.

Regards, Sebastijan

Hello Sebastijan

My sincere thansk for the clarrification. I am now seeking eagerly the navy and army versions........do you have such? Want to part with them? Have you got pictures of the silver coloured version you mention in your second paragraph?

take care -Drew

And relevent to this thread a couple of pages from the book.

Eddie......any items here of a POLITICAL ACADEMY nature??? Take care, Drew

@drewchaneyau

It is a badge of the Military-Political Academy. The academy trained officers for political work in JNA units.

Thanks....did thebadge come in variants, different grades? I see sometimes the JNA pins......do you know much about their wear?

Take care, Drew