Bob Lyons Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 Here are a few Australian patches associated with the Anzac Class of frigate, First up the crest of HMAS Anzac...Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Lyons Posted February 22, 2007 Author Share Posted February 22, 2007 Unofficial from HMAS Warramunga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Lyons Posted February 22, 2007 Author Share Posted February 22, 2007 Unofficial for the 76 mm gun crews Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Lyons Posted February 22, 2007 Author Share Posted February 22, 2007 I will dig out a few more if there is some interest, meanwhile here is an Aussie RAN white ensign.Best wishesBob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger-pie Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Here is my brassard that I was issued when I was in East Timor on HMAS Success, nicknamed by us "The Steath Tanker" as we got no recognition from the press. As it was it worked in our favour, the SAS used us as a mobile platform to conduct recon missions into West Timor near Suai and beach "sweeps" at Ocussi Enclave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Lyons Posted February 27, 2007 Author Share Posted February 27, 2007 Nice brassard Johnsy, my eldest son served with 103 Sig Squadron in East Timor, and rubs it in to me that when he came back to Australia he was flown back in a Luftwaffe aircraft. (as I have a few Luftwaffe items in the collection, I have never flown in a Lw aircraft!).Here ia a brassard that was worn by a cousin attached to the Commonwealth games last year.Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Lyons Posted February 27, 2007 Author Share Posted February 27, 2007 One that I wore way back in 1972, for Medium Tank Trials, we did the communications for the portion of the trials that were based out of Sellheim camp near Charters Towers, North Queensland. The types of tanks involved were the Leopard 1, and the US M60, with the Leopard being accepted into the Australian Army as a result.Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Lyons Posted February 27, 2007 Author Share Posted February 27, 2007 And for a view of an 'Anzac' class of frigate (based on the German Meko 200 design), here is a photo of HMAS Toowoomba.Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Lyons Posted February 28, 2007 Author Share Posted February 28, 2007 I know, not exactly a cloth patch, but a good Aussie recognition image, the steel red painted kangaroo on the stacks of 'Toowoomba'.Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Lyons Posted March 6, 2007 Author Share Posted March 6, 2007 Dug out a few more patches, so here goes...This one is for 107 Field Battery Royal Australian Artillery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Lyons Posted March 6, 2007 Author Share Posted March 6, 2007 Navy chopper patch.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Lyons Posted March 6, 2007 Author Share Posted March 6, 2007 HMAS Tobruk communications crew patch.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Lyons Posted March 6, 2007 Author Share Posted March 6, 2007 Hmm, these two wouldn't load up a couple of minutes back, here is the last for now, crest for HMAS Warramunga.CheersBob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsgrant Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Lovely..The RAN Crests sure out do the old armys efforts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 "With sparrow and sprite"Interesting... so far the only thing that I have liked with sprite is Canadian Club, maybe bourbon and sprite at a push...What is sparrow and how much does it cost a bottle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley1965 Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 GREAT set of patches!!! The pictures of the ships are FANTASTIC!!! Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger-pie Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Not a patch as such, my tally band from Success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger-pie Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 An assortment of badges and emphera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger-pie Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 My ID discs, the coin is a keepsake from the Great Wall of China, we did a ship visit to Shanghai and our Ship Liason Officer organised flights and accomadation for us Beijing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger-pie Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 (edited) Discs. Edited March 16, 2007 by Tiger-pie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger-pie Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 SAS sniper or sharp-shooter cloth patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Lyons Posted March 24, 2007 Author Share Posted March 24, 2007 Hi Johnsy,Interesting as I thought the old marksman's badge was no longer used, good to see it still being worn. For some reason I thought you were army, your bits and pieces told the full story, if you ever get to the Williamstown dockyard, look me up!Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Lyons Posted March 24, 2007 Author Share Posted March 24, 2007 And dragged out of the back of the cupboard, my old service dress jacket..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger-pie Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Hi Johnsy,Interesting as I thought the old marksman's badge was no longer used, good to see it still being worn. For some reason I thought you were army, your bits and pieces told the full story, if you ever get to the Williamstown dockyard, look me up!BobUnlikely Bob, unless I change over to Anzacs (we get "streamed" into different classes of ship). If I do a visit to Melbourne though, I will give you a bell. My tally band is cloth, though I guess that my ID dics were pushing the boundry of the definition of cloth. I do have an old fibre set, thats nearly cloth, isn't it?Despite the rivalries the navy has worked hand in hand with the army in recent years. Since East Timor that relationship has been very close and should increase when we get the new FAT ships to replace HMA Ships Kanimbla and Manoora. Tobruk has a soldier detatchment permanently posted to it also, I will get a phot of their brassard to post here. Now if the army would only learn to tell when they intend to buy new tanks so that we actually have ships that can carry them...Regards;Johnsy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Lyons Posted April 19, 2007 Author Share Posted April 19, 2007 Just picked up another lot of half wings, still don't know what half of 'em are though, will start searching.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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