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18-04-16, 05:21 PM
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Polish cloth badges
Would welcome any info on the attached items.
The two white/red eagles without crowns are evidently modern, but worn by whom? I have seen the silvery silk woven badge described as a WW2 beret flash. Perhaps the shoulder title is also wartime? Would also welcome confirmation as to authenticity. Thanks GTB 
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18-04-16, 06:06 PM
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The two on the right are, if I'm not mistaken, two pattern of generic Polish Army arm patches worn in the post-war period.......as for the other two...they could be WW2 era.....
Jo
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18-04-16, 09:27 PM
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The woven cap badge top left is World War 2 era and illustrated as 158-160 in Tomasz Zawistowski's eagles book, the English spelling of the shoulder title bottom left suggests the same. The two on the right date to post War and pre 1993, when the crown on the eagle's head was reinstated, but I don't know who would have worn them.
Rgds, Thomas.
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#4
18-04-16, 11:12 PM
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GTB,
The two crownless badges on the right were worn by troops outside of Poland, such as on UN duty. The large one was worn on the left sleeve of the field uniform. Not sure which uniform the small one was worn on. I traded with some Polish soldiers from the Pol. Logistic Company on the Golan Heights back in '76 for a couple of each type. All gone now except for the large type which is in my Warsaw Pact Airborne qualification display. Ian
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20-04-16, 06:35 AM
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Hello,
I confirm - late WW2 eagle beret badge and POLAND shoulder tab. Oval eagle patch was in use during foreign deployments within UN. Rectangle eagle patch is not military. Greetings Rafal
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22-04-16, 08:23 AM
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GTB
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11-05-16, 07:37 PM
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I'm pretty sure that these are late/post war and would have been worn on the regular BD jacket. The Polish soldiers were not subject to King's Regs so would often have a "walking out" BD jacket as well with modifications such as bullion shoulder titles, shoulder pads and extra darts to make the jacket slimmer fitting.
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