I've purchased a couple of unusual patches last year (see photo below) that had the DDR state symbol woven into them. No luck on identifying them until I recently got a copy of Wather's Uniformeffekten Band I covering MdI. It turned out to be number #864 worn on the uniform shirt of DDR civilan police who participated in the UN Mission to monitor elections in Namibia in 1989. I would never have guessed this.
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Here is a bit more from the internet -
15 Aug 1989 - UNCIVPOL reaches its final strength of 1,500. Policemen of 25 countries take part in the peacekeeping effort. For the first time both Germanies participate with their police forces in this effort. The German Democratic Republic (GDR) tumbles over themselves to offer police contingents. UNTAG thinks the presence of their police, monitoring the South West African Police (SWAPOL), might be an interesting consciousness-raising exercise. Indeed the GDR police are enthusiastically ensuring Namibia’s free and fair elections the very moment on 09.11.1989 that, back home, their own excited citizens are ripping down the "Berlin Wall".
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Originally posted by ehrentitleAndreas - I believe it was a special uniform shirt, I don't have Band I in front of me at the moment so I can't verify.
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Thanks much! It doesn't mention any special uniform shirt, so I assume it was worn on the upper left arm of the normal VOPO jackshirt with the blue UN patch. KevinLast edited by ehrentitle; 06-19-2006, 06:31 AM.
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what a scarce patch this is then... I assume that these were actually worn in real life and surely, there must be photos of them being worn in existence somewhere....would be really nice if someone could post any such pics here.... Cheers, Torsten.Last edited by torstenbel; 06-19-2006, 03:55 PM.
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Originally posted by torstenbelwhat a scarce patch this is then... I assume that these were actually worn in real life and surely, there must be photos of them being worn in existence somewhere....would be really nice if someone could post any such pics here.... Cheers, Torsten.
Also note that Angelina Jolie recently had her baby in Namibia. Tourism is bound to go up after that.
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