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    Some insignia are UN generic, others are specifically for police contingents serving in UN MIssions.

    Here are a few of each:

    The gilt & enamel beret badge of the type issued in the 1970's, worn for example by the Australian police contingent in Cyprus as well as the varous military contingents.

    The badge as issued by the end of the 1990's, I'm not sure if "the white" is of enamel or plastic.

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    A badge produced specifically for the UN Police in gilt &, I thInk, white paint.

    UnlIke the previous issued badges, this one, a private purchase badge, has east/west butterfly clip fittings & bears raised lettering on the reverse "UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL POLICE TASK FORCE".

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    The above badge was fitted to this beret when purchased, the beret's produced by a French manufacturer, Beatex, & this one came from the Turkish military PX at Sarajevo in 2000.

    The badge on it in this photo though is a private purchase British one in bullion, of the same era.

    Note the small holes left by the pin fittings of the badge, the cloth one being placed further forward, so it's worn above the left eye in British fashion rather than left temple.

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    Some private purchase International Police Task Force patches from about 2000, purchased from the Norwegian PX & a seller who worked from a shop (a static, broken down van) at Tito Barracks, Sarajevo, the barracks was used for UN IPTF training etc.

    It seems a good idea to have a patch indicating the function of the wearer, but these were'nt issue items to members of the IPTF. I only know of one contingent, the American one, which provided such patches as part of the issue uniforms.

    To the casual eye, the cyrilic "IPTF" looks like "NATO".

    Black & yellow seems a strange combination to use on a badge indicating "police", but blue & white were used by the miltary in the Stabilistaion Force "SFOR" in their very similar patch.

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    A French Gendarmerie badge based on the design of badges worn back home in France, but in gold coloured metal rather than silver coloured & with the IPTF shield.

    A private purchase item (I don't know if it was actually issued to the French) it came without the leather backing, but this has one as I scrounged the backing from a Gendarme (thank you Martine).

    The badge has north/south butterfly clip fittings, is solid die-struck & bears raised lettering on the reverse "GENDARMERIE NATIONALE".

    An attractive design I feel, & again useful as it tells both "internationals" & more importantly local people what your role is.

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    The shoulder strap worn with the above two badges.

    It has two horizontal bands across the back to allow it to slide over the shirt shoulderstrap, the badge is held in place by two east/west butterfly clips.

    The strange looking "button" is a press stud type fitting, which is non-functional as it does'nt have anythng to clip to, it's just for decoration.

    Previous designs of shoulderstrap were "slip on" but of a different design, they had a tab which slipped through two horzontal bands sewn to the shoulder of the shirt, & were fitted with chromed Metropolitan Police buttons which were either left in place or replaced by the wearer with his own force buttons. Not many bothered to replace the buttons.

    Presumably the badge can be used as a cap or beret badge in Missions which don't require an organisational badge such as the UN one to be worn by all nationalities.

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    A "general issue" item, issued in Mission, along with a khaki brassard bearing the UN patch, light blue beret with metal badge, light blue cravat & perhaps a cloth shoulder title specifc to the UN Mission concerned.

    The armband is of embroidered felt, backed by plastic.

    Not a popular item for wear, raely seen in wear, at least in UNMIBH 1999 - 2000, & not at all in UNMISET 2003 - 2004 although issued.

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    Custom made brassard, with pocket (if you have to wear a brassard, it might as well have a practical use as well as show badges).

    Private purchase embroidered Union Flag & private purchase silver bullion "old style" UN patch with just English wording & not English & French.

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    As above, but this time a private purchase UN Cvilian Police patch is tacked over the small Union Flag.

    Like the IPTF patch, it indicates that the wearer is a foreign police officer with the UN, but again, was not issue.

    The UNMIBH shoulder title was issued by UNMIBH, along wth the UN armband, cravat, & khaki brassard & a few loose UN patches.

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    A custom made brassard with pocket, made from black gortex for wear on the black gortex field suit.

    The Union Flag is private purchase, usually sold to & worn by the army (the larger of two badges in the range), hence the green border, the UN patch is the old style "English only" type UN issue, the British police force crest & word "POLICE" are a one piece badge worn on the left breast of a British police forces "wooly-pully", cut into two pieces.

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