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Old 19-01-18, 11:55 PM
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Default Unknown UN MP pocket fob
Can someone identify the country of this UN MP pocket fob, I am thinking either Canadian or France.

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Old 20-01-18, 09:00 AM
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Hello Mike

in my knowledge, not french
may I show it on french insignia forum ?

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Old 20-01-18, 01:44 PM
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I would have gone with American. MP PL is, I believe, Military Police Platoon. However, it appears to be Canadian.
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Old 20-01-18, 04:08 PM
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Agree crossed pistols Canadian




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Can someone identify the country of this UN MP pocket fob, I am thinking either Canadian or France.

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Old 21-01-18, 05:47 AM
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United Nations Military Police Platoon based in Beirut in Lebanon. Dates 1980 to 2000 I believe. International unit made up of personnel from each of the contingents supplying troops. The crossed pistols are the genetic symbol used by the unit for all it's personnel. I believe that this is the standard pattern fob and colors
as worn by all in the unit.

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Old 21-01-18, 11:06 AM
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As Dave says above. This is the badge for the Cdn MP PL.
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Old 21-05-18, 08:26 AM
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Are the crossed pistols / flintlock pistols not a feature of Military Police insignia used by Military Police units within all or various of the UN Missions?
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"The crossed pistols are the genetic symbol used by the unit for all it's personnel."

You mean... they breed MPs that way? Oh, dear!
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Old 21-05-18, 12:46 PM
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You're thinking like shotgun weddings?
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My sergeant always said they reproduced by fission because no female humanoid would dream of....

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A very similar version of these were worn be MPs serving in the UN Military Police Company of the second United Nations Emergency Force (UNME II), in Suez Canal area, 1973-1979. I am in contact with a former Canadian MP who served in this unit during the 1974-75 period and was issued one of these badges. The only difference is that the top portion of the UNEF II MP badge says "MP COY" rather than "MP PL".
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