African Special Operations Insignia #3 – Portuguese Mozambique’s Grupos Especiais Pára-quedistas 1971 -74
Portugal’s presence in Africa dates back to the 15th century and their colonies (Guinea-Bissau, Angola and Mozambique) held important...
The Fallschirmjäger Collection – Overloon War Museum, The Netherlands
Photographs of the German paratrooper displays at the Fallschirmjäger Collection shown in the Overloon War Museum in the Netherlands.
‘L’ Detachment SAS ‘original’ Fred Casey’s Memorabilia and Archive
In March 2020, another extraordinary group of documents and memorabilia belonging to one of the first members of the Special Air Service was sold at auction. The SAS archive of Private / Trooper Fred “Killer” Casey, an early member of the elite regiment, comprised eleven lots and included the veteran's medals, SAS beret, insignia, pocket diary, certificates, Fairbairn Sykes dagger, map and a personal photo album featuring photographs that had never been publicly displayed before.
African Special Operations Insignia #2 –The Republic of Transkei 1981-94
Transkei Defence Force Special Forces and Airborne unit insignia 1981 - 1994
‘PANGOLIN TIMES’ – Op AGILA / Op DAMON Rhodesia Dec 1979 – Mar 1980.
From December 1979 until March 1980, the Australian Army carried out Operation DAMON, the Australian contribution to the Commonwealth Monitoring...
REFERENCE BOOK: PARABAT Vol.1 – A Guide to Collecting Insignia of the South African Airborne Units 2021 Edition
During the 1970’s and 80’s, South African paratroopers, affectionately called ‘Parabats’ or simply ‘Bats’ were at the forefront of...
The D-Day Story Museum – Portsmouth UK
The recently refurbished D-Day Story (formerly the D-Day Museum) in Portsmouth is the only museum in the UK dedicated to Operation Overlord and the 6th of June 1944.
AATTV – WO2 Jock Rutherford MM
‘Jock’ Rutherford completed two tours of Vietnam. During his first tour in 1966 he was awarded the Military Medal for bravery during Operation HOBART. His second was with the AATTV training Vietnamese RF troops as part of the MATT program.
The Rip Cord Club of the World Badge
This Rip Cord Club of the World (R.C.C.W.) badge is an interesting and little known parachutist badge from the inter-war...
Australian Airborne & Special Operations Unit InsigniaInsigniaThe 'juleswings' CollectionThe Indochina Wars
Mike Force, the AATTV and the relief of Dak Seang, April 1970
. Over the years I have been fortunate to acquire a number of Australian Army Training Team Vietnam and ARVN...
