Unknown modern german patches

[John L]

Originally Posted by evjebro

Here are some picture of german shoulder patches on field uniforms. The shield shaped ones are not used on field uniforms but on formal dress uniforms. Traded all the time straight off the uniform when i met german soldiers in Bosnia and Kosovo.

Evjebro,

Do you know when this practice started?
I do have number that would have been West German before the nations combined. I am wondering now if they were worn in the same manner.

John

[evjebro]

Not sure when the practice started but i would say the 90s for wear on the field uniforms in large scale. Unfficial/unathorized patches units have made all the time up through the years but more as a novelty patch. The practise here in norway 70-90s was that we used those patches on our green NATO sweater to show which unit we belonged to.

Evjebro

[John L]

Evjebro
I have a large number of them that are from before the unification of West and East.
The person that I got them from, in the 80s, over there called them track suit patches. For that reason I have not gotten any of the newer ones. It looks like I need to rethink that.

Thank you
John