Home What is shown in the picture below are an Afghan Enlisted beret badge, an Afghan Officers beret badge, and a Afghan Enlisted beret badge in cloth.
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Afghan Beret Badges
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In this AP photo, you can see Afghan enlisted soldiers wearing both the metal and cloth version of the beret badges. Note the soldier with the cloth version is a Sgt.
Afghan soldiers participate in a memorial service for an Afghan Army officer who was killed in an insurgent ambush a day earlier, at Forward Operating Base Howz-e-Madad, in Zhari district, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, on Friday.
Afghan soldiers participate in a memorial service for an Afghan Army officer who was killed in an insurgent ambush a day earlier, at Forward Operating Base Howz-e-Madad, in Zhari district, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, on Friday.
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Good idea Arch!
Heres another example that i found. cloth badge in black material, im not sure what the significance is with the different colour
[img:fb1b]https://2img.net/r/ihimg/photo/my-images/546/beret.jpg/]
Heres another example that i found. cloth badge in black material, im not sure what the significance is with the different colour
[img:fb1b]https://2img.net/r/ihimg/photo/my-images/546/beret.jpg/]
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Nice one Mate, like it a lot, I wonder why the Berets all appear to be slighty different shades of Green..
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Nice berets, thanks for posting 
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Thanks mfor showing your beret, Aussie! Very nice used condition!
As far as the different colors, I am not 100% sure why the colors are different. Different manufacturer lots?
As far as the different colors, I am not 100% sure why the colors are different. Different manufacturer lots?
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nkomo wrote: Thanks mfor showing your beret, Aussie! Very nice used condition!
As far as the different colors, I am not 100% sure why the colors are different. Different manufacturer lots?
That makes sense Arch
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I have five different beret crests. Two are the same shape as the patch type in post #1 but they have a red background and the other has a black background. Two are round with a gold thread design of the crest found on the Afghan flag but with a thick wreath; one has a maroon background and the other a black background. I picked these up in Parwan during my 2009 - 2010 deployment. The last one is a metal pin like in the first post. This one was sent to me from a friend training ANA in Ghazni. I want to post a pic but I still can not post to this site.
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airborne1968 wrote:I have five different beret crests. Two are the same shape as the patch type in post #1 but they have a red background and the other has a black background. Two are round with a gold thread design of the crest found on the Afghan flag but with a thick wreath; one has a maroon background and the other a black background. I picked these up in Parwan during my 2009 - 2010 deployment. The last one is a metal pin like in the first post. This one was sent to me from a friend training ANA in Ghazni. I want to post a pic but I still can not post to this site.
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id say they are ANA cloth officer beret badges, i have two similar,
the dark or green version is the standard cloth officers version, the maroon version is more commonly worn by senior officers LT COL and above, or so i found anyway, heres some of mine
the dark or green version is the standard cloth officers version, the maroon version is more commonly worn by senior officers LT COL and above, or so i found anyway, heres some of mine
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Here is my maroon beret with a very nie gold thread insignia. This one came out of Ghazni in 2011.
Tom
and the other berets. (The t-shirt is covered in the uniform section.)
Tom
and the other berets. (The t-shirt is covered in the uniform section.)
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Great berets!
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Tom,
Nice berets you got. Best regards,Vitalis
Nice berets you got. Best regards,Vitalis
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