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Anybody recognise this patch?

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  • 13-06-2007 12:48am
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    Dave!
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    Hey folks,

    my folks found this patch on the ground somewhere in Alicante (Spain) recently and brought it home for myself. I haven't a clue about this stuff, but it's pretty cool looking so I'd like to find out what it is.

    It's black with a yellow/gold ring around it, and the image of two guns (AK47s?) in the middle, and the word Bydgoszcz along the bottom.

    I had a search and apparantly Bydgoszcz is a city in northern Poland.

    I would think that it's some sort of military or police patch, but I really don't know. Perhaps one of you can shed some light on it?

    Cheers

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    Dave!
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    30-odd people scratching their heads, eh! :D


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    Hagar
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    One at least.:D
    All I can find is that it is a Polish town, used to be called Bromberg and I keep turning up badges related to some Medical unit.


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    muletide
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    Hagar wrote:
    One at least.:D
    All I can find is that it is a Polish town, used to be called Bromberg and I keep turning up badges related to some Medical unit.

    Bromberg known as Bydgoszcz - the scene of the first mass murder of WW2 - In Sep 1939, 800 polish intellectuals rounded up and shot by the SS


    Just some more useless information for you


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    The Gnome
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    The Pomeranian military district with HQ is in Bydgoszcz if thats any help.


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    Dave!
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    2 of the Polskis in work say that it's a patch you get in a shooting competition of some description... Possibly an army thing... Still not much the wiser, though!


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    FiSe
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    Well, if those polish lads are saying you get it in shooting competition, there you go.
    I presume this was back in the red era?


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    Dave!
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    FiSe wrote:
    Well, if those polish lads are saying you get it in shooting competition, there you go.
    I presume this was back in the red era?
    Well they were Polish chicks, and I kinda got the impression that they didn't REALLY know!


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    Hagar
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    I might help us with our enquiries if you were to put up pictures of the two Polish chicks...:D


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    boneless
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    Polish chick, just for Hagar.... (sorry....)

    I asked a Polish mate about the patch. He thinks it is military and will ask around.


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    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,793 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    I suppose I asked for that. :D


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    Ronan Raver77
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    You should go to militaryphotos.net and ask around..Military personnel from all over the world view that site..


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