Looking for someone that knows about old Cold War East Germans units
- Thread starter Nathan
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Afaik, these badges weren't unit-specific, but occupation-specific. That should be a qualification badge for a SAM operator, not too sure about the "P" ranking though (or is that a Latin "I", in which case it would be a somewhat-hard-to-get rank 1 badge?).
This specific form was handed out after 1986, afaik.
Here's a rank 2 version for the same occupation qualification badge for comparison:
This specific form was handed out after 1986, afaik.
Here's a rank 2 version for the same occupation qualification badge for comparison:
Plus "Rank I". There were only two ranks afaik (I and II), but Rank I was a lot harder to qualify for.
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Ah ok I will put it like this
East German NVA
SAM Operator Qualification Badge 1986.
Rank I Qualification
If you have any more info on this badge like when they first started using this badge and when they stopped please let me know.
East German NVA
SAM Operator Qualification Badge 1986.
Rank I Qualification
If you have any more info on this badge like when they first started using this badge and when they stopped please let me know.
From 1986 till the end (1990, that is).
There were three different designs for these kind of badges in total during NVA times, the first used until 1963, the second from 1963 to 1986, the third (this type) from 1986 onwards.