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Polish Airborne Badge
Hello,
I submit this badge of my uncles (who was to 4TH SAS) had in his shop window. It is marked on the back TOBIE OJCZYZNO. I wanted to know if it's well polish and if he was the second world war? Thanking you, Sincerely Claude |
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Another attempt to post - I note the reference to Gary J of "War Relics" in the link quoted below (I was trying to post a link to the site with a recommendation to seek out Gary).
He has a deep interest in Polish para badges (his dad was 1st Polish Para Bde MP, fought at Arnhem / Driel), he has put together a selection of eagles & wreaths so that he has examples of the different makes & the numbering. The badge shown - not a WWII badge, perhaps a private purchase duplicate to save on moving medals & badges from tunic to tunic? Or a straight forward copy / fake? Looks like a one piece badge? These are couple of genuine ones - one GR-Tech, the other Kirkwood, though I can't remember offhand which is which. Both spinners are GR-Tech, Gary assumes that when the eagles were handed in for attachment of the wreaths the spinners were taken off & thrown into a container & that it was pot luck as to which spinner came back with which badge. One of these spinners is of brass, the other white metal, there was a third variant according to Gary, a plain spinner which he believes appeared with the very early issues of the eagles. There were at least three variants of the wreath. The badge on the right has a coating of matt gold paint on the obverse. Both recipients served in the Airborne Squadron Enginners, dropped at Grave & were transported to Driel during Market Garden. Last edited by leigh kitchen; 25-11-14 at 09:48 PM. |
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Dear fougasse1940 and leigh kitchen,
from what you told me both and with the link you put me, I can only assume that a copy postwar. Definitely a commemorative certificate. A big thank you to both of them. Sincerely Claude |
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