Matt R

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Thank you AOK ! Do you know from which period?

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Good day,

I have here a small lot of buttons which appear to be belgian and bavarian.

They all look different and were probably worn on different uniforms and possibly in different times.

Could you help me to correctly assign them to period - uniform?

Many thanks

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I will ! many thanks for your comment :)

Hello Emanuel, thanks for your confirmation!

Yep it is ground dug, from a war end retreat area where also croatian stuff was found and POW crossed too. It is then most likely a discarded badge from a chetnik, I guess. Kind regards

Good day, I could use some help here in correctly ID this fragment of badge found.

I believe it's from the kingdom of Yugoslavia, but I would like to know if anyone would have used also till the war end.

Many thanks

Hi, I just joined the group on FB, thanks for the suggestion!

Hi, thanks for the hint! I looked on amazon but I only found some comic books under that title. Do you know the author? thanks

Quite uncommon medal I would say. I think it could be dated 1900-1930's period and it related to a charity association called Associazione Italiana Pubblica Assistenza (Public Aid Italian Ass). No clue for the other acronymous. It must have been related to Red Cross and this medal was awarded to stretchers,imo. But there is very little information about it and I could only find a similar medal but with a different ribbon. A keeper indeed

Good day,

I started collecting napoleonic relics as a side collection. It is still possible to dig some buttons over here, a reminder of the past battles when Napoleon reached here.

My collection is tiny on the subject, mainly buttons, some buckle and relic badge, all ground dug.

I recently bought an interesting book entitled "Waterloo Relics" which is very interesting but far from being complete.

I was wondering then if there is any book out there showing details of buckles, buttons, insignia (not drawings but real pictures).

Thanks in advance

regards Matt

I would like to start a thread here hoping somebody would solve a mistery. A friend of mine found on a battlefield area 2 metal stars very similar to soviet ones, but worn by yugoslav partisans. They were not enameled but painted with a thick red. They have the hammer and sickle in the middle.

I will ask his permission to post the image but meanwhile: anyone know the existance of such stars? a slovenian collector suggested they were actually soviet made for the yugoslav partisans. Thanks in advance

I do have a very nice south african one. I will add it later this week-end

Very cool!

Were these actual unit badges or post-war commemorative pieces? How big are the ones you are showing? I have one with a pinback that is approximately 1 1/2" diameter and appears to be of an earlier tombak-like material. Understand there were mini's as well.

Tim

Hi Tim, it's pretty big, medal size I would say

Hello Bison, terrific collection !

It was the standard buckle on British belts of the 1888 (Slade Wallace) which was worn from '88 until at least 1903, when replaced with a different pattern "bandolier" equipment. Tens of thousands of them, maybe hundreds of thousands, would have been produced in those 23 years and they are certainly common enough, I'd think, in any part of the old Empire. Usually attached to the brown leather belt with the D rings on the top for attachment to the shoulder belts. Had one myself (the belt, with "snake" buckle as I've always heard it called) but lost it somewhere.

Peter

Thank you Bear and Peter!

I think then it might be british: it was together with french and british insignias.

Matt

Hello,I need some help with the identification of this badge

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Hello, I need some help in ID this badge. it looks a bit different from the Maginot Line badge I found on the net , but the style is very similar. What is it?

thanks

I thought the Jewish brigade had no official cap badge..? [Jewish Infantry Brigade Group]

What I have read is that enlisted and NCO's wore the cap badge of the older Palestine Regiment, if they could get hold of one.

IIRC Officers wore the badge of their parent unit before transfering into the newly formed [1944 I think] Jewish Brigade.

Troops had an arm flash insignia though, for wear on the shirt.

The commonly seen solid backed rounded cap badge with the wreath of leaves [same both sides] and the star of david with crown above isn't for the Jewish Brigade either, nor is it a commonwealth army chaplains badge. Its the badge of the police or prison service of the [british Mandated] Nigerian Territory before it became independant in 1960.

Would love to hear more about this though

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Matt

Hi Matt,

thanks for your post. I never liked those badges commonly seen on the famous online auction site. Sometimes also arm patches show up, but they don't convince much either.

There are very few pics of Jewish Brigade members, that is difficult to know what they exactly wore. It is an interesting topic though.

regards

Matt

Hello,

I would like to add some items to my WW2 collection and I was considering a small cameo of Jewish Brigade insignias. Problem is that I couldn't find period pics to have a clear idea of their patches and hat insignia.

I've seen often some cap badges offered as jewish brigade but they look very similar to those worn by jewish chaplains in the british army. It would be really appreciated if some of you would share his collection here and teach me something new

regards Matt

French if I am not mistaken

military or civilian?