Category: Insignia

Badges, patches, wings and insignia

Medals, insignia, photographs and documents belonging to Hungarian paratrooper, Császár Vilmos. Collection: Julian Tennant

Insignia Medals & Awards The 'juleswings' Collection

A rare WW2 Hungarian Paratrooper’s medal group

Featured this week is a very nice medal group to a WWII Hungarian paratrooper that I hold in my collection....

Right: The original "Wild Geese" patch sold by Mike and Phyllis Hoare via an advertisement in Soldier of Fortune magazine in 1982. These patches were sold to raise money for his legal bills and are NOT a veterans or mercenary unit patch as is often described. Left: One of the contemporary copies that are being sold to collectors, often with all sorts of outrageous identification descriptions. When compared the differences in detail is obvious. Collection: Julian Tennant.

‘Mad Mike’ Hoare’s Wild Geese mercenary patch

The Wild Geese patch as shown above is often misidentified as being a mercenary or mercenary veteran’s insignia. This is...

Congo Mercenary. Parachute Regiment and 5 Commando (The Wild Geese) Group to Bill Jacobs. Collection: Julian Tennant

African Airborne & Special Operations Unit Insignia Insignia Medals & Awards

Congo Mercenary. British Parachute Regiment & 5 Commando (the Wild Geese) group.

This is part of a larger collection of items belonging to a South African mercenary who served with the British...

Insignia The 'juleswings' Collection The Indochina Wars

The Mysterious Vietnam War Mary Poppins Platoon HAHO Parachutist Badge

Mary Poppins Platoon Combat Qualification Gold Wing with the ARVN Jump Status Indicator for comparison. Collection: Julian Tennant This “Mary...

Battlefields & Museums Exhibitions & Displays Insignia

Operation Market Garden: Arnhem Oorlogsmuseum 40-45

Like the Glider Collection Wolfheze, the Arnhem Oorlogsmuseum (sometimes referred to in English language search engines as the Arnhem War...

Battlefields & Museums Exhibitions & Displays Insignia

Venice’s Naval History Museum – Museo Storico Navale

Established by the Regina Marina (Italian Royal Navy) in 1919, the Museo Storico Navale is located in the Castello district, near the Venetian Arsenal. The city state of Venice was built on the back of its naval might and at its peak, the Arsenale di Venezia (Venetian Arsenal) could produce a fully operational warship in 24 hours, so a visit to this lesser known museum is a must for anybody interested in the broader context of Venetian history as well as those with specific military related interests.