Belgium military badge from France

[sounddoc]

Hi all! Need help! What is the badge ( France)? Thanks in advance!

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi,

it may be made in France, but maybe for another country?

[sounddoc]

Hi! Have a new info - this is a France military Armored Cavalry badge Need more info. Thank you.

[fred82]

Hello,

It's not a French badge. This a badge of Belgian Artillery. Made in France like many Belgian Badge of Belgian army .

Fred82

[IrishGunner]

I agree that it's not a French military badge; although made by Drago, Paris, I suspect it is for another country. And I seriously doubt it is cavalry. While the horseshoe might suggest cavalry, crossed cannons make no sense (to me at least) for cavalry. Horse artillery perhaps.

I first thought Belgian, but it is not the badge of the Belgian Artillery. Perhaps of a Belgian artillery regiment with a horse artillery tradition...

[IrishGunner]

Indeed a Belgian horse artillery regiment... 19. ACh ... 19ème régiment d'artillerie à cheval belgique

Inisgnia of the Corps Artillery units of I BE Corps
(Source: Journal du Corps, May 15 1987, via Marc Fontaine, Belgium)

Edited December 25, 2013 by IrishGunner

[IrishGunner]

Here's some history... in French: http://www.anciens19ach.be/aiech.html

My French is very weak, but it seems the 19. ACh was at one time part of the Régiment d'Artillerie du Corps de Cavalerie (R.A.C.C.) ... thus the cavalry connection.

[IrishGunner]

More about the 19. ACh in French with photos...

http://19ach.skynetblogs.be/