Foreign Police Badges - Help Please - British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum

Shiny · #1 02-06-17, 07:53 AM

Hi all,

A friend of mine collects police badges and has picked up these spares along the way. We were hoping someone might be able to identify them.

Depending on what they are he'll probably be moving them on although there are a couple he's planning on holding on to.

Can anyone help?

Thanks,

Michael

altcar73 · #2 02-06-17, 08:23 AM

I think if he does a bit of research on the internet he would be able to ID the majority of these himself. Some are very obvious.

Dave.

Shiny · #3 02-06-17, 08:39 AM

Thanks Dave,

I know the first picture are all German ones but I was hoping someone might know the regions.

We'll get onto google.

Michael

altcar73 · #4 02-06-17, 08:52 AM

Michael,

In your first photo six of them (five identical) are from Hamburg. The sixth actually says "Hamburg". Take out the obvious one's and then post pics. of those which you are stumped on. Just a suggestion. There is a website which deals with German Heraldry and the various states are easy to spot.

Dave.

Wmr-RHB · #5 02-06-17, 08:55 AM

The 6th picture (I hope I counted correctly, you did not provide any other means to identify them) has lower right two emblems of the Rijkspolitie (Netherlands, obsolete since 1993), one on a collar patch. The two shoulder straps with rank badge slip ons probably belong to them: Wachtmeester der Rijkspolitie.

The other ones, the star with the emblem of the soviet Union excepted, have the Ukrainian trident.

Shiny · #6 02-06-17, 09:05 AM

Brilliant, thanks Dave. Do you know what the difference is between the grey and the green badges (apart from the colour of course)?

Wmr-RHB, Netherlands and Ukrainian, thanks a lot.

Michael

altcar73 · #7 02-06-17, 09:52 AM

Michael,

They are probably current and previous issues. I suspect that the named "Hamburg" may be an old issue whilst the others are current.

Dave.

green_anorak · #8 02-06-17, 09:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shiny

Hi all,

A friend of mine collects police badges and has picked up these spares along the way. We were hoping someone might be able to identify them.

Depending on what they are he'll probably be moving them on although there are a couple he's planning on holding on to.

Can anyone help?

Thanks,

Michael

Photo 7, top left, is the Republic of Cyprus Police Force.

Shiny · #9 02-06-17, 09:47 PM

Thank you so much for the help Jo, I'll pass the information on. It's fantastic.

Green anorak, thank you as well.

Michael