Sweden Swedish Cavalry cloth insignia - Life Regiment Hussars

[GRA]

The Life Regiment Hussars has produced a motley array of combat units during the thirty-odd years that unit patches has been allowed in the Swedish Army. The regiment has always issued the patches through battalion CO's, so it is per definition difficult to virtually impossible to obtain a full set of patches - you basically need to ask a lot of people before finding the one with the patches of a particular combat unit! All pictures of combat unit patches are published with the consent of Livregementets husarer.

/Jonas

Current patches:

Top; Regimental HQ

Middle row; 31st Air Assault Battalion with the regimental Ranger tab and 32nd Intelligence Battalion

Bottom; the 32nd Int Bn also contains a parachute-trained element

Edited December 16, 2010 by GRA

[GRA]

Obsolete patches:

Left; 3rd Ranger Battalion with Ranger tab, the first of the combat units to receive a patch in 1989-90

Top right; patch worn by local defence units in the early 1990's

Bottom right; regimental Military Police qualification tab worn when MP squadrons were trained 1992-1997

[GRA]

A scanned poster from 1993 showing all the combat units of the regiment, with the consent of Livregementets husarer. All personnel of the Ranger battalions except 2nd Bn wore the separate Ranger tab upon qualification (the 2nd Bn tab is integrated in the design, see below), all MP-qualified personnel would wear the MP tab with their MP Sqn patch. These patches, all of which were worn on the upper left arm, are now obsolete.

First row; 4th Ranger Battalion "Wolverine Bn", 2nd Ranger Battalion "Bear Bn", 3rd Ranger Battalion "Badger Bn" (trained 1989-90)

Second row; 11th Ranger Battalion "Wolf Bn", 12th Ranger Battalion "Horse Bn" (different sub-units of the battalion had different inner borders; red, yellow, mint green and probably also blue), 16th Ranger Battalion "Lynx Bn" (trained 1990-91)

Third row; 3rd Divisional Intelligence Company, 4th Divisional Intelligence Company, 13th Divisional Intelligence Company, 14th Divisional Intelligence Company

Fourth row; 11th Military Police Squadron, 12th Military Police Squadron, 21st Military Police Squadron

Fifth row; 31st Military Police Squadron, 61st Military Police Squadron, 62nd Military Police Squadron

Edited December 16, 2010 by GRA

[GRA]

Some patches worn on "civilian" jackets, bags, rucksacks or whatever deemed worthy of marking, showing the owner of said piece of kit being a Life-Hussar! As can be seen on the lower three patches, the charging hussar is a recurring motif on patches and stickers of the regiment.

Top row; regimental patches, left woven, right embroidered (a version from pre-1984 reads "Livregementets husarer Skövde", after moving to Karlsborg in 1984 the design was changed)

Center; Regimental Association patch

Bottom row; Ranger Battalion patch with regimental motto "Pergite" - "Forward" and a patch from the eight Swedish rotation to Kosovo, KS 08, of which the regiment provided the major part

Edited December 16, 2010 by GRA

[GRA]

There also exist some highly unofficial patches...

Top; A patch from Östra Nerikes Squadron (3rd Sqn), mid-1980's

Bottom; Two patches from Vestra Nerikes Squadron (4th Sqn), 1989-90, left squadron section leaders school (GBS 4.skvadron), right Ranger (Jägare 4.skvadron), the design dates from the mid-1980's

Edited December 16, 2010 by GRA

[GRA]

A newer complete set of squadron patches adhering to the traditional squadron badges, these now exist as squadron standards as well as vehicle signs. These are not worn on uniform.

Top; Livskvadron (1st Sqn)

Middle row; Örebro skvadron (2nd Sqn) and Östra Nerikes skvadron (3rd Sqn)

Bottom row; Vestra Nerikes skvadron (4th Sqn) and Vadsbo skvadron (5th Sqn)

Edited December 16, 2010 by GRA

[GRA]

The old and new (from 2013) patches of the regiment. The new green and black patch consists of a shield and a separate tab, both are embroidered on a velcro backing. The regimental Ranger tab is now worn on the right arm, though I can't remember ever seeing one worn together with the old regimental patch. I have, however, seen one of the new "Livregementets husarer" tabs worn with a battalion patch.

[Mikepapa]

[GRA]

Hello Carl, and welcome to the forum!

Let's see if we can ID some of the patches...

Some squadrons were recently re-activated (they were last active in the 1830s!), and patches were produced for wear on bags and civvy jackets:

6. Valla sqn (31st Bn)

7. Sanna sqn (32nd Bn)

8. Arboga sqn (31st Bn)

9. Parachute Ranger Coy (323rd Coy / 32nd Bn)

12th Ranger Bn, as stated above, all squadrons of the battalion had their own colour of the inner border. This and the red border squadron were trained in the mid-90s.

Mortar Platoon patch. A similar design was in use by the Norrland Dragoons too. I wouldn't be surprised at all if this patch was an "award" after completing some sort of test (as in taking the mortars for a wee walk!).

/Jonas

Edited January 31, 2016 by GRA

[GRA]

32nd Intelligence Battalion

 

 

32nd Int Bn + 323rd Parachute Ranger Sqn (the parachute element of the battalion)

 

 

regimental Ranger tab (wear permit restricted to regiment only)

 

trained Parachute Ranger + Jump Master

 

Army Ranger tab, worn by some (wear permit unrestricted once awarded)

[GRA]

The 31st Air Assault Battalion having recently (officially) changed designation to 31st Ranger Battalion, individuals are now eligible for local validation for the Army Ranger tab. As the regiment hasn't had any Ranger battalions for 20-ish years, the Army Ranger tab wasn't awarded locally though training was equivalent to the Army Ranger Battalion in Arvidsjaur.

The unit insignia is worn on the left arm, the tab on the right.