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12-02-2006, 10:47 PM | #1 |
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Vdv Beret Red Flash
What does the red flash on vdv berets signify ?, I have one without the red flash.
Its only for guards Units or units with the Order of the red banner citation ? |
12-02-2006, 10:49 PM | #2 |
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Do you mean the triangular thing with the paratroop insignia on it like shown below?
http://sovietairborne.com/Site%20Art/Beret2.jpg |
12-02-2006, 11:07 PM | #3 |
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exactly, the triangular red thing with the "para" insignia
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12-02-2006, 11:16 PM | #4 |
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Nothing special, basically same purpose as a collar tab. Is yours sky blue or royal blue?
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06-13-2008, 11:06 AM | #5 |
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Re: Vdv Beret Red Flash
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06-13-2008, 08:35 PM | #6 | |
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Re: Vdv Beret Red Flash
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Sky blue is for VDV, I know that, but Royal blue ones are ones Ukrainians sell as KGB berets. If the beret is blue but does not have evidence of any stitching/seams, liner/lining, or sweatband, is is a naval beret for females. |
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06-14-2008, 12:06 PM | #7 |
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Re: Vdv Beret Red Flash
whats the differens bethween red triangle with VDV insignia and the one with star in wreath? Both para berets.
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12-03-2006, 12:08 AM | #8 |
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Sky blue. I read that the " red flash " was a simbol of elite of the elite.
I have seen pictures of russian federation troops with the same triangular thing but the color of the russian flag |
12-03-2006, 12:28 AM | #9 |
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I meant the insignia. Red may have been a guards unit color. It was probably too expensive to make the st. george ribbon into a cloth flash. In the russian federation guards flashes are metal and like this:
http://tridentmilitary.com/New-Photos3/rhi34.jpg Regular units in russia wore a regular rectangular flag on the beret. |
12-03-2006, 04:01 PM | #10 |
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Ok. thanks for the information.
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