Favourite Military Badges

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2003-03-10 12:08am

The World War II Eighth Infantry Division (Pathfinders), just because my grandfather was in that unit in Neurengamme. Don't have pictures, but it's a blue shield with a white 8 and a gold arrow going up through the center of the 8. There probably are pics somewhere, I'm just too tired from moving back into my dorm to hunt for them right now.

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2003-03-10 01:12am

Got to go with the good old, and trusty.....

Perinquus · Post by **Perinquus** » 2003-03-10 03:59am

jegs2 wrote: ...and of course:

TROPIC LIGHTNING

Ahh... the 25th Dimension...

I remember it well from my days in 2/35IN.

Perinquus · Post by **Perinquus** » 2003-03-10 04:03am

I almost hate to admit this, because the people who wore the uniform had the most evil, fucked up ideology, but I always loved the appearance of the Waffen SS uniforms. It's a great looking uniform, and the death's head emblem, SS runes, and collar rank insignia are all sharp looking as well. Even the swastika, purely on aesthetics, is a nice-looking emblem. Pity the Nazis have made it pretty much impossible for anyone ever to use it again.

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-03-10 08:18am

The best uniform I've ever seen is the modern parade dress of Soviet/ Russian paratroopers. It looks cool, yet not sinister.

As for badge- can't decide.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-03-10 10:00am

Vympel wrote: As for badge- can't decide.

I thought your favourite badge was the Spetsnaz one??

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-03-10 10:08am

Perinquus wrote:I almost hate to admit this, because the people who wore the uniform had the most evil, fucked up ideology, but I always loved the appearance of the Waffen SS uniforms. It's a great looking uniform, and the death's head emblem, SS runes, and collar rank insignia are all sharp looking as well. Even the swastika, purely on aesthetics, is a nice-looking emblem. Pity the Nazis have made it pretty much impossible for anyone ever to use it again.

The Nazis had THE uniforms of history. If there's one thing you can't fault them on, it's how to dress.

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-03-10 10:12am

Simon H.Johansen wrote: I thought your favourite badge was the Spetsnaz one??

Which Spetsnaz one?

Perinquus · Post by **Perinquus** » 2003-03-10 12:45pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:
Perinquus wrote:I almost hate to admit this, because the people who wore the uniform had the most evil, fucked up ideology, but I always loved the appearance of the Waffen SS uniforms. It's a great looking uniform, and the death's head emblem, SS runes, and collar rank insignia are all sharp looking as well. Even the swastika, purely on aesthetics, is a nice-looking emblem. Pity the Nazis have made it pretty much impossible for anyone ever to use it again.
The Nazis had THE uniforms of history. If there's one thing you can't fault them on, it's how to dress.

Well, actually, you can.

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2003-03-10 03:23pm

Some of the UVF and UDA uniforms and badges are very well designed. Here are a few examples

UVF Badge

YCV badge

36th Ulster Division badge.

[In the interest of balancing free speech against a desire not to depict the emblems of known terrorist organizations on this website, the in-line images have been converted to links. Please be aware that these organizations have been implicated in a large number of terrorist acts, and are not recognized as formal military organizations, so this post could potentially be declared off-topic and split into a new thread if it produces a thread-derailing discussion- DW]

Post by **Rob Wilson** » 2003-03-10 04:07pm

Royal Anglian Cap Badge

Honi soit qui mal y pense

Perinquus · Post by **Perinquus** » 2003-03-10 07:17pm

Darth Pounder wrote:Some of the UVF and UDA uniforms and badges are very well designed. Here are a few examples

UVF Badge

I don't believe the emblems of terrorist paramilitary organizations count as military emblems. I'm damn sure most soldiers (myself included) wouldn't think so.

jegs2 · Post by **jegs2** » 2003-03-10 07:25pm

Although not a badge, my favorite rank is:

...because I can retire as one within eight years (still about three years from reaching that rank).

Of course, icing on the cake would be

...assuming I don't piss off the wrong people and get the right jobs, but we'll see.

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » 2003-03-10 07:25pm

487th Heavy Bomb Group. My Grandfather was a B-17 Tailgunner.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-03-10 07:26pm

How could I forget, the Tri-service badge of the MoD.

And the RAF crest.

"Per Ardua Ad Astra - Through struggle to the stars."

Hmm, need some other services here, all mine are RAF based.

Alex Moon · Post by **Alex Moon** » 2003-03-10 07:35pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:
Perinquus wrote:I almost hate to admit this, because the people who wore the uniform had the most evil, fucked up ideology, but I always loved the appearance of the Waffen SS uniforms. It's a great looking uniform, and the death's head emblem, SS runes, and collar rank insignia are all sharp looking as well. Even the swastika, purely on aesthetics, is a nice-looking emblem. Pity the Nazis have made it pretty much impossible for anyone ever to use it again.
The Nazis had THE uniforms of history. If there's one thing you can't fault them on, it's how to dress.

I've never been impressed by the Nazi uniforms. I'm probably a minority here, but I always thought they looked awful.

Post by **Rob Wilson** » 2003-03-10 07:41pm

Darth Pounder wrote:Some of the UVF and UDA uniforms and badges are very well designed. Here are a few examples

Get that shit, the fuck off here NOW!

Raptor 597 · Post by **Raptor 597** » 2003-03-10 08:30pm

My favorite. Long live the 3rd Army!

7th Army

IInd Corps

3rd "Rock of the Marne" Division

The Dark: Here is the 8th "Pathfinder" Division

My uncle was in the 82nd "All American" Airborne Division, 5th SFG.

101st "Screaming Eagles" Airborne Division

Army European Operations World War II Patch

Ted · Post by **Ted** » 2003-03-10 08:31pm

Rob Wilson wrote:
Darth Pounder wrote:Some of the UVF and UDA uniforms and badges are very well designed. Here are a few examples
Get that shit, the fuck off here NOW!

It's not like he posted PIRA insignia.

Post by **Rob Wilson** » 2003-03-10 09:15pm

Ted wrote:
Rob Wilson wrote:
Darth Pounder wrote:Some of the UVF and UDA uniforms and badges are very well designed. Here are a few examples
Get that shit, the fuck off here NOW!
It's not like he posted PIRA insignia.

Loyalist or Nationlist, they are as bad as each other in that they are terrorist organisations that kill indiscriminantly. Neither of the organisations are military, and neither of them deserves to be on this thread.
I know a lot of Military guys on the board are less than impressed with those images.

Ted · Post by **Ted** » 2003-03-10 09:18pm

Rob Wilson wrote:Loyalist or Nationlist, they are as bad as each other in that they are terrorist organisations that kill indiscriminantly. Neither of the organisations are military, and neither of them deserves to be on this thread.
I know a lot of Military guys on the board are less than impressed with those images.

True, but only the IRA and PIRA have been declared terrorist organizations.

Perinquus · Post by **Perinquus** » 2003-03-10 11:46pm

Ted wrote:
Rob Wilson wrote:Loyalist or Nationlist, they are as bad as each other in that they are terrorist organisations that kill indiscriminantly. Neither of the organisations are military, and neither of them deserves to be on this thread.
I know a lot of Military guys on the board are less than impressed with those images.
True, but only the IRA and PIRA have been declared terrorist organizations.

The UVF is a proscribed organization. In April 1974 Merlyn Rees, then Secretary of Sate for Northern Ireland, removed the proscription on the UVF (making it a legal organisation) in an attempt to encourage it to move towards constitutional politics. However the UVF did not give up it's bloody handed ways, and a year later carried out a series of further terrorist attacks, killing a number of civilians, and was once again proscribed.

It is a terrorist organization. It's emblems do not belong here.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-03-11 12:45am

edit: Dammit, already posted.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2003-03-11 01:07am

Flieg Zeppelin, flieg. Gott Strafe England! (how's that for 90yo propaganda?)

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