Berlin Brigade insignia

[olivyaya]

Can anyone tell me more about this insignia ?
where, by who was it worn ?? Any pics of this one being worn ??

[Taz]

Can anyone tell me more about this insignia ?
where, by who was it worn ?? Any pics of this one being worn ??

Olivier,
I,ve had a look in some old Catalogs that I had in the shelves.
There is some Tiny pictures of your Patches in Black and White.
For the shoulder Patch there was no description only that it,s from the Berlin Brigade.
For the arm/sleeve badge it says Berlin Brigade, for Soviet Military Forces serving in Germany, old form. So not just for Berlin?
Because it,s Black and White I can,t tell if It,s the same Colour or not but the writing in the middle is different.
Next Badge on the page is the same shape and has the same picture in the middle but there is no outer ring with wording, and it says below Berlin Brigade New Russia, Does this Brigade still exist?
Probably more Questions than answers but I,ll keep looking.
Eddie

[otlichnik]

It appears to be a patriotic/fantasy patch.

Shawn

[olivyaya]

No it's no fantasy... I have seen a picture once in a authentic parade situation...

[Taz]

Does this make any sense whatsoever?
Honestly the Black and white picture I,ve got is about 1,5cm across so don,t
laugh :)

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That somehow doen,t look right! Oh well.

Eddie.

[olivyaya]

here are the pics I was talking about... I shot them directly from a newspaper pic which explains the bad quality... all the soldiers on the pic have this insignia !!

[Taz]

I thought my feeble attempt at Russian wouldn,t be much help so check this out.
On the site of a large American Dealer in the section Books on Collectibles of the USSR & Communist Bloc there is a book on offer.

"Cloth Sleeve Insignia of Russian Armed Forces" 1998. A detailed guide to sleeve patches and shoulder flashes of modern Russian forces. English and Russian text.

On the front cover bottom row the left Picture is the Badge with the words in Russian that I was trying to copy. This Badge is the one in my old Catalog.
Maybe one of the Forum users has this Book that would surely help.

Eddie

[slava1stclass]

To all,

The tabs/patch in the photo are legit. The tabs above the patch read "Berlin Brigade" and the patch itself bears the words "Western Group of Forces." The statue in the middle of the patch is the war memorial statue located in the Soviet military cemetery in the Treptow district of Berlin, Germany.

Regards,

slava1stclass

[otlichnik]

Slava is referring to the one in the photo. The first one posted is not legit, it is fantasy. The patch says something like "association of patriotic units". It is an attempt to copy the rare original one worn for the "goodby Berlin" parade.

Shawn

[Taz]

Just out of interest here is a Photo of the Memorial pictured in the Badge.


Treptow Park - Russian Memorial
Treptow, Germany.

Eddie