easterneagle87 Posted March 12 #101 Posted March 12 This is a great shot of a happy Marine Officer. I will not be too nit picky as this is truly an honor to be recognized by the British, However, to place the British DFC above the US ribbons was hopefully only a momentary occurrence.
JadedPencil Posted May 5 #102 Posted May 5 Curious if someone can help me. I got this 82nd Airborne RDF top and there's patch glue and an oval patch shadow over the name tape. Of all the badges I can think of, the German Proficiency Badge seems to be the one that'd be most likely to be there, considering its size and shape. That being said, it's usually a metal badge and I can't say I've ever seen a patch variant of it, let alone it being worn on fatigues. Would anyone be able to chime in and help solve what it may be? Thanks!
JerseyDevil117 Posted June 12 #103 Posted June 12 On 10/29/2019 at 8:01 PM, patches said: Laotion Jumps Wings, again Vietnam Green Berets, Laotion Wings are practically like the French ones, cause the French formed them. http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/uploads//monthly_09_2016/post-157610-0-18369800-1474196352.jpg http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/uploads//monthly_09_2016/post-157610-0-82530600-1474196167.jpg any chance you still have those photos?
JerseyDevil117 Posted June 12 #104 Posted June 12 Unknown wings being worn by an LRRP or A/75 soldier.
JerseyDevil117 Posted June 12 #105 Posted June 12 2003 French Commando School qualification badge being worn in iraq. This was posted by a collector on the "desert camo book" fb page.
atb Posted June 12 #107 Posted June 12 26 minutes ago, JerseyDevil117 said: Unknown wings being worn by an LRRP or A/75 soldier. German?
patches Posted June 14 #108 Posted June 14 On 10/29/2019 at 8:01 PM, patches said: Laotion Jumps Wings, again Vietnam Green Berets, Laotion Wings are practically like the French ones, cause the French formed them. http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/uploads//monthly_09_2016/post-157610-0-18369800-1474196352.jpg http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/uploads//monthly_09_2016/post-157610-0-82530600-1474196167.jpg Images got corrupted.
Proud Kraut Posted June 14 #109 Posted June 14 On 5/6/2025 at 1:11 AM, JadedPencil said: Curious if someone can help me. I got this 82nd Airborne RDF top and there's patch glue and an oval patch shadow over the name tape. Of all the badges I can think of, the German Proficiency Badge seems to be the one that'd be most likely to be there, considering its size and shape. That being said, it's usually a metal badge and I can't say I've ever seen a patch variant of it, let alone it being worn on fatigues. Would anyone be able to chime in and help solve what it may be? Thanks! German Proficiency Badge was my first thought as well. Usually these are worn on the left breast pocket but I have seen photos of U.S. soldiers wearing them above the right pocket on their class A uniform. As you can see countless cloth variations for the BDU do exist as well.
JerseyDevil117 Posted June 14 #110 Posted June 14 13 hours ago, Proud Kraut said: German Proficiency Badge was my first thought as well. Usually these are worn on the left breast pocket but I have seen photos of U.S. soldiers wearing them above the right pocket on their class A uniform. As you can see countless cloth variations for the BDU do exist as well. When I was in (2010s) this badge was so common to see. They would throw events in the states and even me being in a regular engineer unit had the opportunity to earn it.
easterneagle87 Posted June 15 #111 Posted June 15 On 6/12/2025 at 1:33 PM, JerseyDevil117 said: another posted on the same page. german wings. What is interesting, is that the US Army told soldiers they had to remove foreign jump wings/awards from above the name tape on the left on the BDUs, shirts and field jackets in the mid 80s. I had a fellow cadet/Grenada vet who wore Canadian jump wings. He wasn’t happy. Now there’s these examples (from what ..twenty years ago?)
JadedPencil Posted June 16 #112 Posted June 16 On 6/14/2025 at 3:50 AM, Proud Kraut said: German Proficiency Badge was my first thought as well. Usually these are worn on the left breast pocket but I have seen photos of U.S. soldiers wearing them above the right pocket on their class A uniform. As you can see countless cloth variations for the BDU do exist as well. Thank you for the input, glad to finally have the answer, or at least the most likely answer!
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