Austria-Hungary unneed help id ing turkish pin

[logicalming]

help appreciated with this. Thank you

Edited March 6, 2009 by logicalming

[Elmar Lang]

?

[Ed_Haynes]

If you want help, an image might make something possible.

And if you believe it is "Turkish" (I assume you mean Ottoman?) why post it in the Austria-Hungary section?

[Kev in Deva]

An even better question is:

Why is it posted twice?

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=3460...mp;#entry324883

Kevin in Deva. :beer:

[logicalming]

thanx again sorry for the blank. :)

[Elmar Lang]

I think it's a French badge or a French-style badge of an arab country.

Most possibly, post-1945.

Best wishes,

Elmar Lang

[logicalming]

thanx i appreciate the input

[Ed_Haynes]

I would fully agree:

-- Not Austro-Hungarian (who ever thought it was?!)

-- Not Ottoman (or even Turkish)

-- Probably French colonial, I'd guess from Tunisia or Algeria

[noir 7]

thanx again sorry for the blank.

It's the badge of a french cavalry and recce regiment of the "arm?e d'Afrique": 3? r?giment de spahis alg?riens (~3rd Algerians Spahis Regiment), which was called from 1945 to 1946 "3? r?giment de spahis alg?riens de reconnaissance" (~3rd Algerians Recce Spahis Regiment). In the "spahis", most of the officiers and NCOs were French and the majority of the troopers were indigenous (from Algeria, Tunisia or Marocco: they were in different regiments).

[logicalming]

Thanx a million. That is some awesome history, Thank you for the details. i found it to be a curious epeice, but i never would have guessed to be french.