patches Posted October 14, 2023 #1 Posted October 14, 2023 Post WWII. A couple of Armored Crewman wearing the American Army Frog Skins, they are of some kind of Armored or Mechanized Cavalry unit as we see. Need help in IDing the this rather obsolete looking tank, and if possible the Cap Badge to ID unit. We do see the tank's nickname is Friesland with the shield looking like its design is taken from the Flag of Friesland
earlymb Posted October 14, 2023 #2 Posted October 14, 2023 Very nice photo, the tank seems to be a Japanese Type 89 I-Go and it's likely one of the ex-Japanese vehicles that continued to be used by both sides in the colonial war that started right after the end of WW2. The Dutch National Military Museum has a Type 97 Te-Ke tankette in their collection that was captured by Dutch marines from the Indonesian national army.
patches Posted October 15, 2023 Author #3 Posted October 15, 2023 Right you are. Here's another one of them in Dutch service post war.
earlymb Posted October 15, 2023 #4 Posted October 15, 2023 It might be the same vehicle, as they probably only had 1 or 2.
earlymb Posted June 18, 2024 #6 Posted June 18, 2024 Standard US HBT cap, the badge is a Dutch cap/beret lion badge on what appears to be some sort of background, which was usually done at unit level or individual taste. See this link for some examples: https://dutchhelmets.nl/nl/emblemen/onderscheidingstekenen
patches Posted June 19, 2024 Author #7 Posted June 19, 2024 7 hours ago, earlymb said: Standard US HBT cap, the badge is a Dutch cap/beret lion badge on what appears to be some sort of background, which was usually done at unit level or individual taste. See this link for some examples: https://dutchhelmets.nl/nl/emblemen/onderscheidingstekenen Thank you.
patches Posted August 21, 2024 Author #8 Posted August 21, 2024 Infantry this time, evidently there was a whole sale issuance of cammies to the Dutch there. They and the Tank I found are from the Friesland Battalion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friesland_Battalion
earlymb Posted August 31, 2024 #9 Posted August 31, 2024 On 8/21/2024 at 5:05 AM, patches said: Infantry this time, evidently there was a whole sale issuance of cammies to the Dutch there. They and the Tank I found are from the Friesland Battalion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friesland_Battalion These were bought by the Dutch government for 10 cents per kilo from the US dump at Biak, New Guinea. They were quite common for Dutch troops in the Dutch East-Indies 1945-1950.
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