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29-04-12, 01:27 AM
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Mystery badge
G'day lads,
I wondered if anyone could help me out and tell me what unitthis badge signifies please? it is on some trench art from 1943. Thanks Mike Last edited by 21Damocles; 29-04-12 at 02:25 AM. 
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29-04-12, 02:17 AM
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The name of this forum is the British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum, I'm not aware of any British or Commonwealth Military Badges bearing a swastika. Yours would be a first.
Rgds, Thomas.
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29-04-12, 02:37 AM
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Mystery badge
Many apologies I didn;t even see the symbol on the bottom as it is blacked out. I apologise for any offence I may have caused and have removed the picture. it came with some LRDG stuff and I wondered if it might be connected.
Mike
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29-04-12, 02:47 AM
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Just stating the obvious. My knowledge of German items is severely limited by choice, but the palm tree might suggest a 'loot' connection with the LRDG. The additional info fleshes out the post somewhat. I'm no moderator here, nor would I want to be one, so as far as I'm concerned feel free to re-post the image in light of the additional info.
Rgds, Thomas Last edited by fougasse1940; 29-04-12 at 03:57 AM.
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29-04-12, 07:06 AM
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Mystery badge
G'day, I'll just describe it in the hope that one of the experts on the forum might be able to shed some light. The badge is surrounded by a laurel wreath and the item is dated 1943. It is oval in shape and has a palm tree and a rising sun rising over what appears to be sand. The offending swastika appears to be blacked out and appears at the bottom of the badge, which is why I missed it until it was pointed out to me.
 Cheers Mike
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#6
29-04-12, 10:27 AM
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Send pic mate
Mike it sounds a bit like a sonderverband 288 badge
://www.google.co.uk/search?q=google&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-gb&client=safari#hl=en&gs_nf=1&pq=sonderband%20288 &cp=7&gs_id=1u&xhr=t&q=sonderverband+288&pf=p&scli ent=tablet-gws&client=safari&tbo=d&oq=sondervband+288&aq=0l&a qi=g-l1g-lv1&aql=&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb &fp=113cc482a8e8557a&biw=1024&bih
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29-04-12, 11:56 AM
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I think Jon is correct, saw the pic earlier but by the time I'd got my books out it had been deleted. They were a German special forces unit that served in North Africa Lee
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#8
29-04-12, 12:18 PM
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Jon188 has already sorted it out, but you can read more about the unit here:
http://lrdg.hegewisch.net/elite_german.html Rgds.
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