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Need a Badge ID
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sgtbrown 
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Posted 16 September 2010 - 07:31 PM
Can someone tell me what I have here? Can't find a duplicate in any of the reference books.
Tom
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"The German is like the June bride. He knows he is going to get it; he just doesn't know how big it will be." General Richard "Windy" Gale to the 6th Paras just prior to D-Day
"The German is like the June bride. He knows he is going to get it; he just doesn't know how big it will be." General Richard "Windy" Gale to the 6th Paras just prior to D-Day
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Posted 17 September 2010 - 07:51 AM
It's a Carabinieri badge. Post-1946: the R and I lettering means "Repubblica Italiana". Earlier examples had a V and E included in the grenade (the initials of the King). Others have no lettering at all and were used by Carabinieri embedded in the GNR or in the early times of the Republic.
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sgtbrown
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Posted 17 September 2010 - 01:00 PM
Ah well. The pith helmet was on eBay with a starting bid of $0.99. I bid $1.00 and ended up being the only bidder. (Sometimes even a blind squirrel...:D) Guess I can't really complain. (It did cost me $20 to get it shipped, however!)
Tom
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"The German is like the June bride. He knows he is going to get it; he just doesn't know how big it will be." General Richard "Windy" Gale to the 6th Paras just prior to D-Day
"The German is like the June bride. He knows he is going to get it; he just doesn't know how big it will be." General Richard "Windy" Gale to the 6th Paras just prior to D-Day
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sgtbrown
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Posted 17 September 2010 - 09:14 PM
Naw, I'll just leave it as it is. Probably have to hurt the helmet to get the insignia off anyhow. It might be postwar, but it is original.
Tom
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"The German is like the June bride. He knows he is going to get it; he just doesn't know how big it will be." General Richard "Windy" Gale to the 6th Paras just prior to D-Day
"The German is like the June bride. He knows he is going to get it; he just doesn't know how big it will be." General Richard "Windy" Gale to the 6th Paras just prior to D-Day
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