Abu Dhabi Defence Force

[adb63]

Hi. Calling all Arab Nation badge experts. The first photo (confusingly titled arab badges 2) shows the officers cap badge and collar badges to what we all seem to agree is the Abu Dhabi Defence Force. The second photo(arab badges 1) shows a very similar cap badge and pair of collar badges but with a different arabic script on the surround. Can someone please let me know exactly what the scripts on both translate as and give me an i.d for the second photo. Thanks. Regards, Andrew.

[Eddie Parks]

OK, first of all I am not an expert and I read Arabic like a five-year-old, following the letters with my finger. Secondly reading decorative Arabic script is like the same 5-y-o trying to read old English or Gothic script.

But as far as I can see the two phrases are identical but in different scripts. They both read quwwa (force) difaa9 (defence) abu DHabi. Or Abu Dhabi Defence Force. (The transliteration is the Army School of Languages system in which the Arab sound ayne is represented as 9)

No 2 is the earlier of the two (I think).

Eddie

[adb63]

Thanks for that Eddie. Will post some more test pieces for you soon! Regards, Andrew.