More of the Greek Lizard...

--Got this as a complete uniform, but the trousers didn't match. *They* were dated 1975. The jacket is '76, and the beret has no date, but was manufactured in Cyprus.

Fantastic pickup, the patches denote this as being Greek special forces...nice one Mate, you did very well there indeed.

I have some Greek special forces patches just like yours!!!

They're cool, right? I mean, I know that it is modern Greek, and all, but Abn. insignia in Greek just looks like something from a tale of Sci-fi Hoplites, or something. I am quite pleased with it.

sh4pak wrote:They're cool, right? I mean, I know that it is modern Greek, and all, but Abn. insignia in Greek just looks like something from a tale of Sci-fi Hoplites, or something. I am quite pleased with it.

Absolutely

 Hello D, Hello all,

This ancient  Polaroid shows an old Greek Sacred Squadron shirt that was sadly lost in a flood years ago.
It was made of HBT, and it just fell apart. Could not even save the insignia..

This unit fought alongside British SAS units during WWII, and retain a close relationship.

That's a cool polaroid of a long long item, good history behind the unit too;) 

The older generations of Greek lizard are always a treat. Hard to find a complete uniform in decent shape.

patches and beret in first camo uniform are from '80s,probably and uniform.

A recent find from Old Sarge's near FT Bragg.



rip....

Cool,is that one non rip stop variant?

Hey Alex,

Had a chance to buy a ripstop set recently, but liked this non ripstop shirt a lot more..

rip....

This is mine in the rip stop style







Its cool that the Greeks
kept the classic BDU cut

Very nice.

Classic pattern,  great cut, fantastic fabric.  80% Bambaki ( cotton ) has got to be great   

Looks like it could be a  summer weight version of the non ripstop shirt that I posted .

Yours looks nothing like the set I passed on. That set I rejected  may have been a non issue commercial copy.


Please find one for me  


Rip....

Traditionally there's been a ton of variations in the pattern and details of construction, as well as cloth. For recent, confirmed issued, stuff I've got a 2004 dated set that is identical to Alex's set and a 2001 ripstop set that is nearly identical EXCEPT that the pattern involves larger shapes than the 2004 set. It is also 80/20, but feels a bit stiffer compared to the 2004 set (both are unissued).

I've been told that soldiers wear the commercial and issued kit interchangeably. Not surprising

Steve

Comparison pics of the 2001 and 2004 variations:





Steve