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InsigniaThe 'juleswings' CollectionThe Indochina Wars

Indochina Wars – Cambodia’s KPNLAF faction (1979 – 92)

Some more insignia from my 'private armies' and militia groups collection. These are from the Khmer People’s National Liberation Armed Forces (KPNLAF) which existed between 1979 and 1992.
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Battlefields & MuseumsThe Indochina Wars

Vietnam War – The Long Tan Memorial cross

11:00 hrs, 18 August 1966. Nui Dat, South Vietnam. Delta Company from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (D Coy,...
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Battlefields & Museums

“Out of Ammo” Museum – Arnhem

Arnhem's newest museum commemorating Operation Market Garden in 1944.
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The Army Flying Museum (UK)

The Army Flying Museum in Hampshire tells the story of aviation in the British Army.
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Airborne Museum – Sainte-Mère-Église
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The Airborne Museum – Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France

In the early hours of 6 June 1944, Private John Marvin Steele, an American paratrooper from F Company, 2nd Battalion,...
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The Late Arrivals Club’s ‘Winged Boot’ Award

Several years ago I was fortunate enough to get hold of a couple of badges that an Australian soldier brought...
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Battlefields & MuseumsThe Indochina Wars

The Ho Chi Minh Campaign Museum – HCMC, Vietnam

The Ho Chi Minh Campaign Museum (Bảo tàng Chiến dịch Hồ Chí Minh) is a military museum in Ho Chi...
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Iraq – Task Group Taji – ANZAC Day 2016 Patch
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Iraq – Task Group Taji – ANZAC Day 2016 Patch

. On 25 April 2016, Australian and New Zealand Defence Force personnel deployed to Iraq with Task Group Taji commemorated...
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‘Big Things in Store’ – The Australian War Memorial Technology Centre Open Day

Coming up this weekend is the Australian War Memorial's Treloar Technology Centre - Big Things in Store 2022 open day.
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Japanese Shinyo Suicide Boat at the Australian War Memorial

The Shinyo (‘Ocean Shaker’ or “Sea Quaker) was a one-man suicide boat produced by the Imperial Japanese Navy as a...
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Museum: Recollections of War – Albany, Western Australia

Recollections of War is a military museum run by John & Kathryn Shapland near Albany in Western Australia. The museum exhibits their personal collection and presents a fascinating insight into the lives of ordinary men, women and children during times of conflict.
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The ‘Desert Diablos’ – DoS Air Wing Afghanistan Patches

The United States Department of State (DOS), also referred to as the State Department, was established in 1789 as the...
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Birdwood Military Museum – Geraldton, Western Australia

The Birdwood Military Museum, Geraldton, Western Australia.
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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...
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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.
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African Special Operations Insignia #2 –The Republic of Transkei 1981-94

Transkei Defence Force Special Forces and Airborne unit insignia 1981 - 1994
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Australian Flying Corps (AFC) Australian SASR Vietnam Rhodesian SAS - A couple of the most prized Rhodesian SAS parachutist wings in my collection, these belonging to John “Jock” Hutton (1924–2020) French Indochina Cambodian / Armée Royale Khmère (ARK) / Forces Armées Nationales Khmères (FANK) Signals Insignia in my collection. Inside the Dien Bien Phu Victory Museum. South Vietnam. Studio portrait photo that I picked up in Ho Chi Minh City recently. It features an ARVN soldier wearing tiger stripe camouflage but, I’m unsure of the unit that he belongs to as there are no identifying insignia. The presence of the aiguillette / fourragère on his left shoulder leads me to suspect that he is not from a CIDG, MIKE Force or other PF/RF unit, but I am not certain of this. What do you think, any ideas? Dien Bien Phu. Badges from my French Indochina War collection that represent the units involved in the defence and the French counter attack on Eliane 2 (Hill A1 to the Vietnamese). These are featured on the monument indicating the direction of the French counter attack at the base of the hill. Vietnam. This is a small collection of 1950’s period Forces Armées Vietnamiennes (F.A.V.N) Signals unit badges that I acquired. I’m looking for a two more badges to finish the group, the 7th Vietnamese Signals Company (7e Compagnie de Transmissions Vietnamiennes) and the 4th Military Region Signals School (Centre d’Instruction Technique des Transmissions Régionales No. 4) as shown in the second and third photos. Juleswings Collection

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