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    Post by Nkomo Fri Aug 19, 2011 2:05 pm

    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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    Post by Nkomo Fri Aug 19, 2011 2:05 pm

    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.

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    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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    Post by aussie digger Sat Aug 20, 2011 3:03 am

    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

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    Post by Easy Gee Sat Aug 20, 2011 7:17 am

    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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    Post by ladrang Sat Aug 20, 2011 7:18 am

    Nice berets, thanks for posting Wink
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    Post by Nkomo Sat Aug 20, 2011 9:58 am

    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?
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    Post by Easy Gee Sat Aug 20, 2011 11:46 am

    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 Wink


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    Post by airborne1968 Tue Nov 06, 2012 2:40 pm

    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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    Post by airborne1968 Thu Nov 08, 2012 3:30 pm

    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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    Post by H338 Sat Nov 10, 2012 9:22 pm

    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
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    Post by airborne1968 Tue Nov 20, 2012 6:40 am

    Here is my maroon beret with a very nie gold thread insignia. This one came out of Ghazni in 2011.

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    and the other berets. (The t-shirt is covered in the uniform section.)

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    Post by aussie digger Tue Nov 20, 2012 7:10 am

    Great berets!
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    Post by vicka1971 Tue Nov 20, 2012 4:35 pm

    Tom,

    Nice berets you got. Best regards,Vitalis

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