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#2
04-10-18, 05:17 PM
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Badge
Pretty certain I've seen it in a French airborne collection (not mine) previously. Sorry, but no idea what it was.
Ian H 
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04-10-18, 08:06 PM
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Shield Badge
Pembird,
Baltzer & Michelleti shows various metal versions of your cloth badge, Plate 92, in their book of French Airborne wings. Your badge appears to be for an Airborne Signals unit. The "T" in the centre stands for "transmission", meaning Signals. Without an identifying number on your badge, it might be hard to pin down which actual unit. Hope this is of some help. Regards, Ian B
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04-10-18, 08:28 PM
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One must be very careful when using the book by Baltzer and Michelleti. There are many fake and fantasy pieces pictured in it. For the most part the badges by G & P (Gervasi & Pugh) are fantasy pieces for the collectors market.
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05-10-18, 12:24 AM
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My mistake. It is PLATE 85 on PAGE 92. And while I cannot speak to the fact that Pembird's badge is official or fantasy, I was pointing out that his badge is similar in design to the metal badges found in the mentioned book. The index in the back shows most produced by Drago and includes the homologue #, which from my knowledge, indicates official, issued insignia.
Ian B
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The day the government succeeds in taking away our dress uniforms, badges and colours, and all the so called "non-functional" items; they will find themselves with an army that cannot defend them. Robert Heinlein, "Starship Troopers" Last edited by Ian B; 05-10-18 at 05:16 PM.
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06-10-18, 09:09 AM
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Good morning,
It's French. Badge of the 61e bataillon de transmissions aeroporté, usually found as a metallic pocket badge, not cloth badge. May be for tracksuit Laurent
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06-10-18, 02:28 PM
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Hi Didier,
the badge with toothed wheel is 61e Bataillon de Commandement et de Transmissions Found via Google : http://www.chezpakane.com/ecusson-de..._510-4081.html Regards Laurent
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#12
01-01-19, 05:29 PM
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French Para transmission unit.
Those kind of badges are usually not official and sold for soldier to saw them on bags (used to be a fashion when one had a parachute bag used for traveling). Some French Para unit badges like this one could have been also worn on the specific jump suit (called combinaison de saut but nicknamed "combarde") used by Army Para dispatchers (as well as free fall jumper for training) on the left breast under the name and rank mark. This was more so from the 70ies up to nowadays as the dispatchers team could have been set up with qualified personnel from different para units. The descendant of the 61 is still existing as the "Compagnie de Commandement et de Transmission Parachutiste" (CCTP) based in Toulouse and supporting the 11th Para Brigade.
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