Latest Iraqi and Kurdish items

Just received a few items from Iraq.
Bob


Picture is from West Mosul, 3-6-17, AFP Videos






   Kurdish metal arm and chest patches


Kurdistan (written on top) Badge


Kurdish Army (written on top) Badge

Notice the nice "riveting" job to attach the pin back fastener to the badge.



YPG Badge obverse and reverse. Another nice fastener on the reverse.


Mr. Jalal Al Talabani

Bob - Is the Kurd/101st piece from 2003 or current?

Bagman6 wrote:Bob - Is the Kurd/101st piece from 2003 or current?

Jeff,
 Sometime in 2011, the Iraqi Army switched to metal patches but I don't know if the
Kurdish Army did at the same time. All I know for sure is that the Kurdish metal patch
is after 2003.
Here is a picture from Flickr showing the patch on his shoulder is shiny like metal. The
one next to his magazine looks more like a cloth version. The soldier on the right looks
like he is wearing a plastic patch. I couldn't find a date or who took the picture or where.
Bob

Thanks Bob. I was with the Kurds early on in 03 and I remember the 101st being in the region. Mosul I believe. After I got thinking about it a bit I realized 03 would have been a stretch. It wasn't politically expedient at the time for the Kurds to be so open about having an army. We never referred to them then as the Kurdistan army but rather the Peshmerga.

Jeff,
Here are a few more examples of the 101st eagle on Iraqi patches.
I have heard two versions of why the Iraqi Army used the 101st eagle on their patches.
1- some Iraqi's trained with the 101st and adopted their patch
2- when General Petraeus had the surge in 2008, the Iraqi's were so impressed that
they adopted the 101st eagle as the general had been in that unit and wore the 101st patch.
Bob

That does ring a bell. Thanks. Nice patches by the way.

Bagman6 wrote:That does ring a bell.  Thanks.  Nice patches by the way.

Thanks Jeff
Bob

Jeff,
I keep forgetting just how many different patches I have with the 101st Eagle on them.
The top two and the one on the lower left are the same except the lower left is made of brass.
Bob

Three more badges from Kurdistan. The first two are more of a tourist type badge. The flag has a clutch back fastener.
The badge with the flower (red tulip) is for the Kurdish on the Festival of Nowruz on March 21.
Bob

Two Iraqi Flag Chest Patches worn by officers (top) and enlisted (bottom) to liberate Mosul.
Bob

Here are a few more items I added this week.
Bob


CTS - rubberized


Iraq Navy Command of the Naval Force metal patch

The following two are 3-3/4 in. plastic patches which are made to "scare" the enemy



The following five plastic patches are 2x2 in. size and again are worn to "scare" the enemy.
Some have English Language and one appears to be Russian.

A few more Kurdish Items.
Bob

Kurdistan Police


Provincial Government of Kurdistan

Different styles of the Kurdish Flags on cloth and metal patches

 Cloth


Metal

Iraqi Army and Air Force Officer Shoulder Boards.
These are very detailed with the Eagle, Stars, etc made of a golden metal
Bob

Army Brigadier. General. Rip stop like material and a rubberized coating in between the slides.


Air Force Lt. Col. A rubberized coating in between the slides.


A close up of the detailed work.


An Iraqi Navy badge made of aluminum with glazing over the front and Velcro on the reverse.

The shoulder board stars really look like the same pattern as the Russians use/used. Thanks Bob!

BM wrote:Two Iraqi Flag Chest Patches worn by officers (top) and enlisted (bottom) to liberate Mosul.
Bob

These are pretty cool! Do officers and enlisted wear two different types of camo or is it just the patch color that is different?

Squeaker wrote:

BM wrote:Two Iraqi Flag Chest Patches worn by officers (top) and enlisted (bottom) to liberate Mosul.
Bob

These are pretty cool! Do officers and enlisted wear two different types of camo or is it just the patch color that is different?

As far as I can tell, the officers and enlisted wear the same cammo uniforms and just wear different patches and the officers
wear the shoulder boards with  their assigned rank.
Here is a picture from Mosul, 5-25-17 by DOAM showing the enlisted flag patch in use.
Bob