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A Friend has found a Forage/side cap, with badge, thinks it belonged to his late Father, his, or maybe "spoils of war", looks German with bones making up the letter "M", Iv'e looked all over the web with no luck, his dad was from Liverpool, no idea what Regiment he served with, any ideas?, thanks
http://rwf-forum.co.uk/vBulletin/att...tid=3873&stc=1
Sorry could not control large Picture, hope management can.
Brian
Any chance you can show all of the cap? It looks Italian or perhaps Spanish. I don't recognise the badge immediately as being German.
Not in any of my badge books, sorry.
John
Hi Guy's.
A real challenge. But looking at the picture it would seem possible that there is a ''tassel'' on the other side of the Cap. can you confirm this or not. If there is then i would think it may be A Musician's Badge. But as to the country of origin...well Spain, Italy or possibly Greece... no real idea
ivor
hi again.
some pure speculation. the Wings intrigue me. could this be an Airborne Mechanized unit or possibly an Airborne Mountain unit. intriguing...
ivor
hi
have tweaked the image a bit not sure it helped very much. but the loop between the uprights is crossed by something which makes it look more like an 'O'
Attachment 3875
ivor
I think this could be Polish/German possibly a medical unit, I'll keep searching and i'll let you know if something comes up
I did thik at first it may have been austro/hungry
Si
It's not in my two books on German badges, Si. The wings appear to be of a non-German type. Besides, German badges always had the swastika hidden away somewhere in the design.
John
Not nazi period German, and not something from earlier that I remember seeing. Some other foreign nation is still my best guess, but seeing all of the cap might help narrow it down and allow an ID to be made. It is not as far as any of my books show a badge from any of the combatant nations of WWII, perhaps a nation that did not fight then or from an earlier or later period.
Hi All.
been looking at alphabets to see if anything similar cropped up. Nah. But, in Cyrillic Script , Russian. 'M' represents 40. is it possible this is the 40th airborne something.. looking
ivor
All Soviet badges had a red star in the centre, Ivor.
John
hi all.
i am not sure if this has worked. but these pics show the cap with the tassel to the front
Attachment 3878
ivor
Trying again to post this Spanish civil war cap with tassle and of a similar shape.
Sorry, my friend's brother who had the cap has recently passed away, I did want to have a full photo and see if there is any clue on the inside as to it's origin, hopefully in the future I might be abe to do this, thanks again for your help
Brian
Brian,
Sorry to hear about the death of your friend's brother.
The badge is Belgian motorcyclists badge from WWI up to WWII, probably an interwars example and quite rare if the owner ever wants to part with it.
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Jerry
Good for you mate well done on the research on this, i searched high and low to try and get the bottom of it. I got as far as knowing it was transport intro war years but not the country
Good digging matey
Si
Thanks Si, I asked around and a Belgian friend responded instantly. He supplied the info and he knows his Belgian items.
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Originally Posted by si chez
Jerry
Thanks for the info, I will pass it on, is the cap in the same "Family"as the badge?, (here I go again) maybe my friend, knowing it not his Fathers, may want to sell, he has no interest in military memorabilia, I will have a word, Thanks again for the find.
Brian
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Originally Posted by Bricoates
Brian, the cap is correct for the badge, minor differences will allow it to be dated more securely.
It is the friend who ID'd it who is interested in it if it was ever available, but I think more pics of the whole cap would also be of interest to him if ever possible.
I was glad to pay a part in solving the mystery!