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Old 17-04-17, 04:36 AM
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hi guys
any ideas what this badge is?
thanks in advance
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Old 17-04-17, 01:43 PM
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Hi BC,

An interesting looking badge. No idea I'm afraid but I will watch with interest to see if someone knows.

Cheerio,

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Old 17-04-17, 01:56 PM
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Hello BC
what is this animal ? lemming ?

may I post it on a french forum, may be someone could know, please

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Old 17-04-17, 02:05 PM
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any ideas what this badge is?
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No idea at all, but the motto is something like "Serene but watchful".

Is the animal a wombat, or perhaps a capybara, or something?


Intriguing...
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Old 17-04-17, 02:07 PM
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The well known Combat Wombat Brigade!

Seriously, a tiny voice in the back of my mind is saying 'South African'. But then the tiny voices often give me bad ideas. The judge says I'll be out in 6 months. I think I may be imagingin that it is a rock hyrax. and perhaps one of the support groups, hence the not so belligerent motto.
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Old 18-04-17, 12:27 AM
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lololol
not a wombat?
maybe a fat canadian otter?
some sort of rodent?
who knows?
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Old 18-04-17, 06:31 AM
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The animal looks like a South African rock-rabbit or 'dassie' (rock-hyrax) but I'm not at all familiar with the badge so can't help.
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Old 19-04-17, 12:31 PM
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The animal looks like a South African rock-rabbit or 'dassie' (rock-hyrax) but I'm not at all familiar with the badge so can't help.
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So I'm not the only one who thinks so! Thanks, Alex.
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Old 19-04-17, 02:02 PM
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If it is a Rock Hyrax, then the search should cover most of Africa and include the Middle East as well. Looks typically British made badge, so maybe relates to a country that was under the British Commonwealth at some point in time.
Also been made of white metal may point to a Police unit.

I doubt it is Southern African, so we could rule out at a few countries like South Africa, SWA, Rhodesia's, etc
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Old 20-04-17, 12:26 PM
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I agree, Milmed, that it's likely an African member of the Commonwealth/former empire but that doesn't narrow it down much. Why not southern Africa, if I may ask?
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Old 25-04-17, 11:38 AM
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hi all
still unidentified but now in my trade album
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Old 25-04-17, 12:48 PM
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In good zoological company there: eagle, tiger and so on.
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Old 25-04-17, 02:24 PM
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lololol

maybe a fat canadian otter?

who knows?
bc
No, its definitely not Canadian, not a beaver either, no idea what country it resides in!

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Hi BC,

The mystery continues..!

It's a rare day that the forum members can't nail down a badge. I'm rather intrigues myself and love a mystery, so will continued to peek about.

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"Soft but watchful".... hence the soft fury vigilant Hyrax (thats probably what it is)

So an American collar badge possibly ...... could be air force or some kind of Intel unit.
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