Cap badges polish army 1945

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Cap badges polish army 1945

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Post by Zwam » 12 Apr 2015, 14:55

Is it possible to identify the badges in this Photo? It is somewhere in England, 1945(?). My father is in the middle sitting on the tank (a Centaur).
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Post by wm » 25 Apr 2015, 03:05

Those are standard issued Polish eagles, everyone in the Polish Armed Forces in the West had one.
I know almost nothing about it but is it that thing a Cromwell i.e. a slightly better Centaur?
If I'm not mistaken Cromwells were only issued to 10 Pułk Strzelców Konnych, which was a hell of a unit that was fighting in 1939 Poland, 1940 France, 1944 France,Belgium, Netherlands and 1945 Germany.


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Post by Zwam » 26 Apr 2015, 14:56

Hallo, thank you.
Indeed a Centaur is a Cromwell but with a 395 pk Nuffield Liberty engine (my father said he had his tank training in this type of tank, a Centaur).
Is the badge of the soldier in the front, also a standard issued Polish eagle?

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Post by wm » 26 Apr 2015, 19:44

Yes, it is. The photo is not that good and his military insignia under the eagle, and the eagle itself confusingly blend together.
Here both are visible a little clearer.
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Re: Cap badges polish army 1945

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Post by Zwam » 26 Apr 2015, 20:19

Thank you !

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