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    #16
    Originally posted by ehrentitle
    It's possible, but it is more likely you would find a photo in Germany than here in the US. I checked the UN site, they had photos of UN police in Namibia, but not East German. It also turns out that the West German federal police wore a special pocket fob in Namibia.

    Also note that Angelina Jolie recently had her baby in Namibia. Tourism is bound to go up after that.
    I just searched quite a bit through google.de and could not find any photo material at all..... Cheers, Torsten.

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      #17
      There are lot of these badges here in Berlin. I didn't know it was for Namibia. Thanks!

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        #18
        As I know, the DDR never was in the UN, so they never had the UN Patch.

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          #19
          Originally posted by uscob
          As I know, the DDR never was in the UN, so they never had the UN Patch.
          The DDR was a UN member starting in 1973, see this quote from the US Library of Congress website (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/...(DOCID+de0044))

          Following the conclusion of the Treaty of Moscow between the FRG and the Soviet Union in January 1970, a new era of communication began between the two German states that culminated in the signing of the Basic Treaty in December 1972. The next year, both states became members of the UN, and most countries came to recognize the GDR. Permanent diplomatic representations, in lieu of embassies, were established, respectively, by the FRG in East Berlin and by the GDR in Bonn, demonstrating the new climate of mutual respect and cooperation between the two German states.

          There are also several websites that indicate that the DDR provided police to the UN Mission in Namibia in 1989.
          Last edited by ehrentitle; 11-11-2007, 12:38 PM.

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            #20
            just in case someone is looking for such patch....
            http://cgi.ebay.de/Nr-759-Spezialabz...QQcmdZViewItem

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              #21
              Originally posted by Thälmannpionier View Post
              just in case someone is looking for such patch....
              http://cgi.ebay.de/Nr-759-Spezialabz...QQcmdZViewItem
              Hehe, I know this dealer. I was at his home in Berlin. He has a lot of fake items for sale in his bunker.

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                #22
                Thanks Andreas for giving this thread some life again which gives me a chance to post a reply...It gets to be very difficult on how a person is going to determine if the DDR symbol patch was used in Nambia. Especially when these DDR symbol patches were used on other items as shown by my posted picture.
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                Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just don't dare express themselves as we did. Quote - Sophie Scholl - White Rose resistance group

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                  #23
                  Is this a funeral sash? I have the same emblem from the eBay auction. The DDR crest is very small. Ralph is the one on your "sash" very small or quite big?

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                    #24
                    Bryan - the banner is around 18 inches long (45cm) and the DDR symbol is about 8cm. The banner is MfS greetings to a cosmonaut...

                    Originally posted by Soviet View Post
                    Is this a funeral sash? I have the same emblem from the eBay auction. The DDR crest is very small. Ralph is the one on your "sash" very small or quite big?
                    Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just don't dare express themselves as we did. Quote - Sophie Scholl - White Rose resistance group

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                      #25
                      Thanks Ralph. I think my DDR symbol is a bit smaller.

                      I didn't see it was written Kosmonauten.

                      Again, very nice collectibles you have and for sure very rare.

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                        #26
                        Here is one I purchased at the Centrum department store in Berlin in the late 80s along with patches from several sports clubs -

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                          #27
                          Bryan - you are welcome and glad I could assist you...

                          Originally posted by Soviet View Post
                          Thanks Ralph. I think my DDR symbol is a bit smaller.

                          I didn't see it was written Kosmonauten.

                          Again, very nice collectibles you have and for sure very rare.
                          Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just don't dare express themselves as we did. Quote - Sophie Scholl - White Rose resistance group

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                            #28
                            Originally posted by ehrentitle View Post
                            Here is one I purchased at the Centrum department store in Berlin in the late 80s along with patches from several sports clubs -

                            Kevin: Do you still have the other patches???

                            Jon.

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                              #29
                              Yes -


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                                #30
                                Kevin - What is the size of your patch?

                                Originally posted by ehrentitle View Post
                                Here is one I purchased at the Centrum department store in Berlin in the late 80s along with patches from several sports clubs -

                                Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just don't dare express themselves as we did. Quote - Sophie Scholl - White Rose resistance group

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