Bundesrepublik Pionierbrigade 80

[GRA]

Beer mug from the now disbanded PiBrig80 (the brigade itself is disbanded, but there could well be a surviving battalion left somewhere in the Bundeswehr order of battle), as I recall, the friend (a Hauptmann d R assigned to the brigade) who gave this mug to me also had another one with a slightly different motif - the bridge being black on a white background, which may have been designating a sub-unit (HQ Coy?).

/Jonas

Edit: Having searched the internet as well as given the old brain some exercise, I'm fairly certain that the mug insignia as well as the patch are of the brigade HQ Coy, and that the brigade insignia had the black bridge on white background.

Edited December 11, 2010 by GRA

[GRA]

The unit badge.

The lid, lots of tradition there...

[GRA]

And finally, the brigade HQ Coy patch worn on the field uniform, attached with velcro.

Edited December 11, 2010 by GRA

[Daniel Krause]

Nice pieces from long ago as we has still Engineer Brigades!!!

Their old barracks are still in use; nowadays "occupied" by a signals btn.

Viele Grüße

Daniel

[GRA]

Nice pieces from long ago as we has still Engineer Brigades!!!

Their old barracks are still in use; nowadays "occupied" by a signals btn.

Viele Grüße

Daniel

Hello Daniel!

Thank you, they are memories of a good friend who died way too early back in 2006. I got this mug from him around 2000 after he got assigned to the brigade, and if I recall correctly he was promoted to Hauptmann d R in that unit (he might have made Major d R too, but we lost contact due to him getting ill and subsequently dying), I'm not sure if he was ever assigned to one of the battalions. I have no idea where the brigade HQ was stationed. Neubrandenburg?

/Jonas