does anyone recognize this insignia think it is ITALIAN AIRFORCE WW11. Heavy made pin back no maker. Has that art deco look
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A possibility :- 133 Squadron (The Falcons) RCAF, formed Lethbridge, Alberta 6/42 disbanded 10/45 in Patricia Bay B.C. Flew West Coast defence with Hurricanes, Kitthawks and Mosquitoes. -
NOW THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING but this has the euorpean WW11 MAKE AND FEEL
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These are sometimes identified as RSI (1943-1945)period Torpedo Bombers wings but in reality I believe thay are post war Italian for a Mortar Unit.Comment
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That would be interesting also but why would a grunt unit propetuate an AF unit
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It's an Alpini (mountain troops) 133rd mortar company insignia, post war.Comment
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Thank you for this thread!
I have also one of these badges, and I found it laying on the ground on a parking-lot when I was a "kid" here in Northern Norway after a NATO winter-exersize in about 1982-3. One of my first foreign badges, and I have always wondered what it was!!!
Mystery solved!!
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SO be it now we know only The Italian s could perpepuate an AF unit with a ground formation LOL
THANKS ALL PaulLast edited by paulbear; 08-10-2008, 09:29 AM.Comment
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"six italians, dressed in rather unusual diving suits and equipped with materials of laughably little cost have swung the military balance of power in the Mediterranean in favour of the Axis".Comment
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I don't know for sure which year it was adopted, I would say early 60s.Originally posted by paulbear View PostComment
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That's perfectly fit the Alpinis' environment: winter or mountains.Originally posted by Tor-Helge Y View Post
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Originally posted by peacenotwar View PostThat's perfectly fit the Alpinis' environment: winter or mountains. We have plenty of both here...
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