Arab Flying Camel, any ideas - British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum

Eddie Parks · #1 29-09-12, 05:25 PM

Anybody know this one?? Don't think it's an air force as it's fitted with a pin to attach to a Bedouin headress
Eddie

GregN · #2 29-09-12, 09:18 PM

Hi Eddie, the key is, I think in the crown. IT has me thinking French or Italian.

Cheers,

Greg

Eddie Parks · #3 30-09-12, 09:04 AM

Huum, yes it does appear to have an an orb with a cross on top.

I was wondering if the map on the globe was recognisable??

Eddie

Eddie Parks · #4 30-09-12, 09:18 AM

Crown of Savoy perhaps?

engr9266 · #5 30-09-12, 10:23 AM

I think that it is Saudi but cannot find anything about it

JimD · #6 30-09-12, 10:25 AM

The crown looks European to me.

Cheers
Jim

Mike_2817 · #7 30-09-12, 10:50 AM

A Saudi crown has I think a spear point on top, this looks like a orb & cross which rules out arab kingdoms.

Eddie Parks · #8 30-09-12, 10:55 AM

I think we can take it as fact that the crown is European. It is definitely topped by an orb with a cross on top - a Christian symbol of monarchy - like this one:

It's not a British crown but it could be Spanish - as in Spanish Sahara etc - or Italy as in Libya etc. Can anybody make anything out of the land mass that appears on the globe?

Eddie

engr9266 · #9 30-09-12, 02:36 PM

Could this be the top of Africa?? The small "island" to the lower right could be Zanzibar or Madagascar ?? So Spainish Sahara or there aboveas said before

zob · #10 30-09-12, 11:32 PM

Hi,

Just a thought. How about Spain’s military forces in the Spanish Sahara, is there
possibly a lead here?

Best regards,

Zob.

Eddie Parks · #11 01-10-12, 07:56 AM

Hi Zob

Yes I had thought of that when I was looking at crowns. The only contraindication is that the Arabs that far west don't usually wear Agals and this seems to be designed to pin onto one.

Many years ago my friend Brian Crowe - who was extremely knowledgable on Arab badges - showed me one of these as an unidentified piece so it may just remain a mystery.

Eddie

zob · #12 19-10-12, 10:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eddie Parks

Hi Zob

Yes I had thought of that when I was looking at crowns. The only contraindication is that the Arabs that far west don't usually wear Agals and this seems to be designed to pin onto one.

Many years ago my friend Brian Crowe - who was extremely knowledgable on Arab badges - showed me one of these as an unidentified piece so it may just remain a mystery.

Eddie

Hi Eddie,

Just to throw a bit more confusion at it, I’ve just come across a similar badge “albeit for Taiwan” described on the attached link as a “Combined Operations Breast Badge.”

See Link: (Link Removed)

Regards,

Zob.

Eddie Parks · #13 20-10-12, 08:35 AM

Well blow me down. That's identical to mine but with a different star, the map could well be of China and on closer inspection the camel is a dromedary with two humps. Well actually three humps on that version, presumably for army, navy airforce. Amazing.
Eddie

peter monahan · #14 20-10-12, 01:39 PM

Three humps? A new species perhaps? Or just easier to keep two riders on?

Eddie Parks · #15 30-03-15, 10:50 AM

Another one here: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Original-W...item58c1ca3959