My Iraq Collection

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This is an Air Defence Officer with Lieutenants rank on the shoulders, an Iraqi made map case, a Polish helmet that is beautifully marked inside in Arabic, and the red/blue air defence qardoon and air defence breast badge.

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this is an Army Lieutenant of the Military Police Command. He has the red MP beret with police badge, an Iraqi made canvas dispatch bag, the proper shoulder sleeve insignia of the Military Police Command as well as the brassard, and the Black branch qardoon.

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This is an aircrew officer wearing the tan uniform and the tan rank slides of a Major. He also has the crew wings with officer collar tabs and an Iran-Iraq War badge.

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Here is another Republican Guard soldier, this time enlisted with the rank being present on the sleeve. He wears the wool uniform and has the P-58 web gear and Russian style protective mask. Also shown is the M80 helmet with nylon net and the special missions breast badge and RG red qardoon, and flag pin. the side view shows the RG triangle, sleeve rank and back pack.

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Here is a 2003 style camo that seems to be almost African in origin but is made in Iraq. This Colonel wears the later style ballistic helmet with mesh cover and has the gold pinback jumpwings on his breast. The closer view shows the red/green infantry qardoon, the camo pattern a bit better and the German made ranks with post 1991 beret and badge.

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Here is a nice woodland pattern camo made in Iraq. It has matching camo shoulder boards, the rubber rimmed M80 helmet molded in tan, an Asian made chest pouch, and Republican Guard plastic triangle sleeve insignia. The side view shows the plastic triangles and the red qardoon.

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Hear is a Kingdom of Iraq garrison cap that would have the branch of service affixed to the front.

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Various oilers and cleaning solvent bottles I picked up in Iraq.

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A medallion for mothers that was awarded by Saddam Hussein.

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Here are a few styles of canteens used by Iraq from 1990-2003.

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This is a cased sight apparatus for an anti-aircraft gun, taken from Taji Iraq in 2003.

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A few Iraqi used bayonets and scabbards.

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Here is a Republican Guard Tank Commander with the tank corps breast badge, RG red qardoon, tank helmet, sleeve triangles and unit breast badge. The side view shows another style of plastic triangles, German made Captains ranks and the breast badge. http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_07_2010/post-4139-127890221097.jpg.jpg]http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_07_2010/post-4139-12789020937.jpg.jpg]

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Iraqi Popular Army camo uniform from the 1980-88 war with Iran.

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A black coverall for tankers, not to be confused with the Fedayeen as these coveralls are Army marked and have no epaulets for rank.

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Here are some Military Police insignia, from the top left- RG Military Police Command, Al-Amooriyah Forces MP, and MP Command, the brassards are the brass and embroidered variety.

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This is a RG manufactured Special Forces beret, quite difficult to obtain with this maker.

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This is an Iraqi Police shirt and ball cap with IP brassard. As I don't really collect police items I let this go on e-bay last week. Just thought I would post it as a reference .

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Here are some of the different shoulder ropes "qardoons" used by Iraqi forces, I believe information on each of the various colors is available on the Middle East thread.

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A side view of my Fedayeen helmet.

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This is an interesting uniform to say the least. It is black like a Fedayeen but has the Republican Guard triangles on it. There are those that say RG commanders were seconded to the Fedayeen to lead. I have no confirmation of this. What I do know is that I obtained this uniform too cheaply to have been made up as a souvenir. The shoulder boards are for a Staff Major General and are just fantastic quality, the triangles and all other insignia are totally proper and sewn in the right places. The sash is an Iraqi made Wisam al Rafidain sash and it came with this grouping. It is here for your comments.

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This is a well used unit marked back pack.

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A nicely marked dispatch bag in canvas.

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Some chemical protective equipment to include masks with carriers, cape, and gloves.

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A really neat Army badge for veterans I think.

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