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I received these in a bulk purchase 20 years ago. Any idears?
3 posters
Unknown badges and pins
tenewel- Junior Sergeant
- Location : Colorado, USA
Registration date : 2011-07-26
Number of posts : 132
DS9ACU- Officer Candidate
- Location : USA
Registration date : 2009-07-15
Number of posts : 530
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.
tenewel- Junior Sergeant
- Location : Colorado, USA
Registration date : 2011-07-26
Number of posts : 132
FRG or DDR?
HoovieDude- Senior Sergeant
- Location : Africa
Registration date : 2010-04-04
Number of posts : 351
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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