Thread: Collecting

Pm done
now all we need is a photo

Forgot to mention I have a couple of old unusual ones too, including a cap badge.



john

Hey guys - yeah I will attempt in a minute to post a photo.
Its of Australian origin due to the obvious "Australian Police" markings.
I have shown it to a few patch collectors, who have all told me that they have never seen it before, and seeing that they cannot identify it - it must a fake apparently!
I have a suspicion that it might belong to a police service serving overseas (eg Timor) and they may have designed a patch to identify the Australian Police Services generally.
But at this stage.... still no confirmation.

Hope someone can assist.

Cul

Can someone tell me how to post an image please?

Hope this works... fingers crossed.

http://www.aulro.com/albums/album48/IMG_01...160_2.thumb.jpg

Here's a larger view. Sorry about the other one - was just a test to see if it worked, but now I have worked out how to add the photo direct to the forum.

Let me know what you think???

Not being a patch expert
by the look of it, it appears to be based on an AFP badge, similar colour etc.
Was probably made up privately for one of those overseas deployments, as you suggest may have been timor or the islands. Possibly the islands as i think Timor was done under the auspices of the Un and they had there own patch.
I'll give a mate who went to east timor a yell and see if he is familiar with it, when I work out how to put this on an email.

john

that was easier than I thought its done.


john

Thanks John - you're a legend. Yeah I haven't had much luck as I have said before. I'm not a real fanatical patch collector, but a few patches have caught my eyes - mainly police patches. This patch in particular caught my attention as I didn't recognise it, but thought that it might have some significance.

Cul