Laurence Strong Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 (edited) Hi all This is what I have collected to date, It's not a very big collection, however I think it has a couple choice items. What I have for hat badges to date. Edited April 9, 2012 by Laurence Strong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Strong Posted April 9, 2012 Author Share Posted April 9, 2012 Jump wings, sports badge, and I can't remeber what the eagle badge is for, along with a Gebirgsjäger patch and a national one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Strong Posted April 9, 2012 Author Share Posted April 9, 2012 Some beret's, fist one is for the panzerjäger. I don't have any mannequin head's so i stuffed them in the scanner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Strong Posted April 9, 2012 Author Share Posted April 9, 2012 This is an Artillery beret with a Panzer hat badge. It seems to be made from silver as it has tarnished and it is not the same pot metal as the other hat badges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Strong Posted April 9, 2012 Author Share Posted April 9, 2012 This is - if I have figured it out properly - Aufklarungs Fallschrimjäger. would that be the same as Canadian/British/US pathfinders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Strong Posted April 9, 2012 Author Share Posted April 9, 2012 Last but not least are some Polizei and Grenztruppen patches. The uniform attatched is for regular border guards and the gold ones are for the Water Border Guards. The Watchpolizei patch I believe is for the police that guarded the embassies in Berlin. Thanks for looking later Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest talltom Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 very nice collection your maroon beret is the Fernspähtruppe http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernsp%25C3%25A4her&ei=AYyCT7mHLuGk0QX8jf2LBw&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3DFernsp%25C3%25A4htruppe%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D619%26prmd%3Dimvns didn't know if you could read german so its translated thanks for sharing tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRA Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 (edited) This is - if I have figured it out properly - Aufklarungs Fallschrimjäger. would that be the same as Canadian/British/US pathfinders? Hello Laurence! Fernspähtruppe! Now down to only one company - Fernspählehrkompanie 200 - but until 1996 Fernspähkompanie 100 and 300 also existed. As to their mission, I'd say they're more of an LRRP-unit, the Luftlandebrigade has their own Luftlandeaufklärungskompanie. The green beret in post #3 is from the Panzergrenadiertruppe. /Jonas Tom was faster! Edited April 9, 2012 by GRA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Strong Posted April 9, 2012 Author Share Posted April 9, 2012 Thanks for the replies. Intsesting information. later Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Those are really cool examples Larry. I want to find a nice Medical example. There is a GI Surplus that has tons of these berets, but without the insignia. How difficult are the beret badges to find? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest talltom Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Those are really cool examples Larry. I want to find a nice Medical example. There is a GI Surplus that has tons of these berets, but without the insignia. How difficult are the beret badges to find? paul have a look at this link should help http://www.ebay.de/sch/i.html?_nkw=bundeswehr+barett+&_cqr=true&_nkwusc=bundeswehr+barret&_rdc=1 tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveL Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 (edited) Laurence...your "Eagle" badge in post #2 is a "Leistungsabzeichen" a BW proficiency badge, yours appears to be a stage III in Gold. See here for details... http://translate.goo...=X&oi=translate Prost ! Steve. Edited April 10, 2012 by SteveL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Thanks Tom! I may pick up a few of the berets then! They make for an attractive display. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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