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    Unknown badges and pins

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    tenewel
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    Location : Colorado, USA
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    Post by tenewel Sat Aug 20, 2011 12:53 pm

    I received these in a bulk purchase 20 years ago. Any idears?

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    DS9ACU
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    Post by DS9ACU Sat Aug 20, 2011 10:48 pm

    I think the big golden one is German, I believe that they had a patch with a leaflet similar to that which was supposed to do with snipers. It may be a postwar award or something for marksmanship.
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    tenewel
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    Post by tenewel Sun Aug 21, 2011 1:11 am

    FRG or DDR?
    HoovieDude
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    Post by HoovieDude Sun Aug 21, 2011 1:40 am

    tenewel wrote:FRG or DDR?

    FRG. It is a Bundeswehr "jaegertruppen" beret badge. Jaeger litteraly means hunter ( think Jaegermeister, hic) but in the military term it also means fighter. For instance, as in Falschirmjaeger, or "paratrooper" as we would say. In this case, with the badge it refers to light infantry, etc..

    Look at the post WW2 paragraph..
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A4ger_%28military%29

    Here too..
    http://www.militaryheadgear.com/items/5803




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