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Chris Goss

19th March 2015 19:11

Unknown badge?

Can anyone identify this seen on a He 111 B/E? Looks KG 53-ish

F19Gladiator

20th March 2015 14:45

Re: Unknown badge?

Looks more I./StG.77-ish ?

sidney

20th March 2015 18:17

Re: Unknown badge?

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I suspect that Chris meant something like this one ...

Chris Goss

20th March 2015 19:19

Re: Unknown badge?

Agreed but still different apart from the shield itself

sidney

20th March 2015 21:37

Re: Unknown badge?

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To me the motif looks like a black and white aerial bomb presented almost like the Sword of Damocles with the stylized Alpine? peak in green/red? in the background.

A similar motif, involving a descending aerial bomb over the Alpine peak, was sometime later during the Battle of Britain sported on the 4./KG 76 aircraft, copy attached (source: an expired eBay auction via LEMB). Whether there is any connection between the two emblems is impossible to tell based on the limited photographic evidence available.

RolandF

21st March 2015 15:32

Re: Unknown badge?

It reminds me of the "Franconian Rake", the coat of arms of Frankonia in Red-White. I.e. cities in Northern Bavaria come to mind...
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A4nkischer_Rechen

Regards

Roland

Clint Mitchell

21st March 2015 16:09

Re: Unknown badge?

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Clint Mitchell

21st March 2015 17:11

Re: Unknown badge?

Second thoughts:

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