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Any idea on these berets guys? I think the maroon one is Syrian in origin. The lime green one is quite the mystery. The lime green one has a tag that says: "56 MADE IN KOREA". Thanks in advance.
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The badge on the maroon beret sure looks like it's from Syria, but it's been a while since I bumped into any badges from that part of the world, so I'm not 100% sure. No info on the lime green beret...
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I agree that the first badge is Syrian. I'm not sure if it is limited to paras or not, but there are pics of these berets in use in Lebanon prior to the Syrian withdrawal.
The second one appears to be from Yeman, based on the highlighting of that country in the stylized Arabian Peninsula outline.
Steve
The second one appears to be from Yeman, based on the highlighting of that country in the stylized Arabian Peninsula outline.
Steve
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Thanks for the ID guys!
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Hi Guys
The maroon beret is confirmed as Syrian. The lime green one is the Gulf Cooperation Council which sent troops to Gulf War 1. Yemen is in fact lowlighted as it's not part of the GCC.
Eddie
The maroon beret is confirmed as Syrian. The lime green one is the Gulf Cooperation Council which sent troops to Gulf War 1. Yemen is in fact lowlighted as it's not part of the GCC.
Eddie
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Many thinks, Eddie! Any idea what the lime green color would signify?Eddie Parks wrote:Hi Guys
The maroon beret is confirmed as Syrian. The lime green one is the Gulf Cooperation Council which sent troops to Gulf War 1. Yemen is in fact lowlighted as it's not part of the GCC.
Eddie
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nkomo wrote:Many thinks, Eddie! Any idea what the lime green color would signify?Eddie Parks wrote:Hi Guys
The maroon beret is confirmed as Syrian. The lime green one is the Gulf Cooperation Council which sent troops to Gulf War 1. Yemen is in fact lowlighted as it's not part of the GCC.
Eddie
I am afraid I have no idea. I've never seen anything approaching that colour anywhere - I'd be ashamed to be seen in it!!
Eddie
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Eddie Parks wrote:nkomo wrote:Many thinks, Eddie! Any idea what the lime green color would signify?Eddie Parks wrote:Hi Guys
The maroon beret is confirmed as Syrian. The lime green one is the Gulf Cooperation Council which sent troops to Gulf War 1. Yemen is in fact lowlighted as it's not part of the GCC.
Eddie
I am afraid I have no idea. I've never seen anything approaching that colour anywhere - I'd be ashamed to be seen in it!!
Eddie
I so agree with you, sir!
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the green lime color is also used by israel, i have one that was given to me by the soldier...
the maroon beret as everybody else's pointed out is syrian
cool berets arch
the maroon beret as everybody else's pointed out is syrian
cool berets arch
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PS - i think the color is issued to infantry troops... not 100% sure
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Danilo,drmatz wrote:PS - i think the color is issued to infantry troops... not 100% sure
As I thought about this today, I remembered that the Panamanian Defense Force (Noriega era) also wore a lime green beret and it was associated with an infantry unit. Since the Israelis helped train the PDF, the lime green infantry connection makes perfect sense.
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Which would of course be an excellent reason for the GCC to do something completely different!!
Eddie
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