Favourite emblem

I've always loved this little saw-fish on the U-boats:

 

Some other classics that deserve a mention:


Another that means a lot to me:


Freddy's swordfish:


The mighty eighth:

 

actually I find the Frankfurt on der Oder coat of arms on the interesting side....

Stefan what unit is the axe symbol ? yes and I should know this

 

The British 78th Division, fought from Tunisia through to the end of the Italian campaign.

 

Linky no worky!

 

A couple of my favorite emblems:

First Lieutenant Ted W. Lawson's nose art on his B-25 that took part in the Doolittle Raid.
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"One morning I came out to my plane and found that somebody had chalked the words "Ruptued Duck" on the side of the fuselage. I grabbed Corporal Lovelace, a gunner I knew, and asked him to paint some sort of design on the ship. He's a good caricaturist. Lovelace got out his stuff and painted a funny Donald Duck, with a head-set and the earphone cords all twisted around his head.

Lovelace did a swell job in blue, yellow, white and red. Then he added something that gave all of us another laugh. Under Donald Duck he drew a couple of crossed crutches."

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
By Ted W. Lawson

The US Parachutist Badge more commonly referred to as "Jump Wings."

Designed by William P. Yarborough--one of the original founding fathers of the Airborne corps, participated in the first jump of the war in North Africa, commander of possibly the best parachute battalion in the war, the 509th PIB, and one of the first special forces commanders--the badge was officially adopted on 10 March 1941. The Parachutist Badge is still worn today, awarded to servicemembers who have completed a 3 week airborne course.

My favorite shoulder-sleeve insignia:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

1. 1st Cavalry Division
2. 101st Airborne Division
3. 1st Marine Divison
4. 82nd Airborne Division
5. 3rd Infantry Division ​

 

I know I've posted this before, but I still like this one ( from the Me163 Komet ).

Who said the Germans have no sense of humour ?

 

Hey Col. Hessler...

Like this...



LOL...

1st into Berchtesgaden!

Regrads,
MARNE

 

Sorry Marne. A couple of blue and white lines cannot beat Old Abe.

 

I don't have a picture of them but, some of my fav emblems are the Pik-As(SP?) used on some? Luftwaffe fighters, as well as the Grun Herz - also used.

My favorite Heer emblem is a Gebirgejager one that shows a moutain goat standing on top of the world--really says it all.

Another favorite Heer emblem of mine is the Windhunds of the 116th Panzer Div.

Favorite Kriegsmarine emblem is the Laughing Sawfish.

 

one of my favs and at least Stevin knows what it represents .........



yee haw !

 

Hessler: I believe that first insignia at the bottom of your post is the 7th cavalry not the 1st.

 

The 7th Cavalry Regiment was assigned to the 1st Cav on 13 September 1921 and served with division through WWII and Korea until relieved from assignment on 15 October 1957. Thus, troopers of the 7th would have worn the insignia of the 1st Cav.

Here's the regimental insignia of the 7th Cav:

 

Hey.. now THATS an emblem...My great-grandfather was in the U.S. 7th Cavalry in 1916-1917 chasing Poncho Vila down in Mexico during the Great Mexican Expedition of 1916-1917.

GARY OWEN!!!

Regards,
MARNE

 

Thats a good one Richard

 

Thanks for the correction.

 

My Grandfather served along with yours during the Mexican expedition. He was not in a military capacity but in some sort of law-enforcement capacity. We still have three guns that my grandfather got off of the freshly killed (Villa) Bandits. The Winchester 1894, is one that is tracable back to when said dead bandit, took it from an American citizen that he had murdered; in Colombus, New Mexico. The other two weapons are pistols from dead bandits he killed.