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    Unknown Iraqi SSI - Help Needed

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    Post by kriegsmodell Wed Aug 31, 2011 2:02 pm

    Looking for help with the identification for this patch. A very similar patch is shown in this forum thread but it is not identified:

    https://oefoif.forumotion.net/t1235-post-hussein-iraq-army-insignia


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    Although they appear otherwise identical, note the patch in the link has number 507 while the patches in the photograph above are 505. Are these perhaps regimental designations? Thanks in advance for any assistance ......



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    Post by P-E Wed Aug 31, 2011 2:55 pm

    Well, I don't have the time to check it now, but there're some ORBAT of the new Iraqi army...if you check them and see a unit with a 505 or 507 number, maybe it'll help you to identify the unit, and then your patch...that's just my opinion...

    http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Iraqi-Security-Forces-Order-of-Battle-2010-01-06076/


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    Post by zvez Wed Aug 31, 2011 3:20 pm

    Interesting, I've got four variations on the 507 patch, never seen a 505. certainly is correct construction.

    The belief is that the "507" is a holdover from the early days of the new iraq army ca. 2003 when it was called Iraq National Guard/ICDC. Believe they kept the number to establish a bit of tradition. Amazingly, after posting this on the iraq collector forum gave specific details of that unit, he'd been an advisor to them and knew the guy in the pic personally.

    This thread on iraq forum discusses and shows ICDC/ING insignia:
    http://z8.invisionfree.com/Iraq_militaria_forum/index.php?showtopic=1044



    Would you be willing to trade a 505 for the 507, I believe I've got a spare one.

    Lemme know
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    Post by zvez Wed Aug 31, 2011 9:02 pm

    Here are a couple of 507 variant patches

    ChrisUnknown Iraqi SSI - Help Needed 507var10
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    Post by kriegsmodell Wed Aug 31, 2011 9:05 pm

    Chris,

    Thanks for the information. Appreciate the offer but the patches are not mine to trade. Trying to get an ident for a friend. In the event I end up with any will let you know .....


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    "My God, where do we find these men?" - President George H. W. Bush commenting on 1st SFOD-Delta after the Operation Acid Gambit rescue of Kurt Muse.

    "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" Then I said, "Here am I. Send me." - Inscription on the dog tag resting on the flag-draped homeward bound casket of an American Special Opearations warrior killed in action in Afghanistan, July 2005. - Dick Couch - Chosen Soldier

    "Choosing to die resisting rather than live submitting they fled only from dishonor and to meet danger face to face." - Lieutenant General John F. Mulholland Jr, USASOC Fallen Soldiers' Memorial Ceremony, 25 May 2012.
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