4.7 by 6.2 inches
Many of us have long wor
dined
about
the
and
yelow
CONSTABULARY
tab
which
sometimes is seen in period photos be-
Ing wom about the dishncove should-
er sleeve inslgnia of the US Constabu-
lary in Germany in
me yer Inne
dialely followlng the end of World
War ll.
After all, the patch itself was
dislinctive enough to identify the Con-
slabulary, so why was a separate tab
noded? Further, why don't all photos
of Constabuary troopers show the tab
being worn in addition to he patch?
I found the answer in doing
some restarch on the Constabulary. A
in Cookies Glint Ensignit"and HOw 86
wer Them ,
whuch was prepared in
the fal) of 1945 for the officers and
men of the 16th Constabulary Squa-
dron (Separate) in Berlin. The accom-
panying.
usbanon Is
arawn tom
this booklet, and shows
"an exact du-
plicate
of the
shoulder
patch
and
shoulder flash worn by the l6th Con-
stabulary
Squadron (Separate)."
The
tab is described as follows:
TRADING POST
distinguish the wearer. This Nash is a
have
precedent
that found favor wlth General Har-
ion (then commanding, the US Con-
and tha Ine more comm
lab with blue letters and border may
then have been authorized as a
good
conduct award fo al. constabularv
units serving the
occupation
of cer-
many an ausm
Constabulary Squadron are entitled to
wear the flash
after
completing
30
days' service with the Squadron, and
for as long as they have incurred no
disciplinary
action
against
their
record. The privilege of wearing the
undisci-
lege may be restored by order of any
Troop Commander not sooner than 30
days following the completion of fuf-
men or any
offense. The
STABULARY flash, like the patch
designed on an are of busle Cavalry
Kellere de the a finite ny fauty blue, and
Collectors should note
that
the specified border color for his tab
is
red, not the blue
usually found on
this tob. The writer has never seen
red-bordered The separate shoulder dash
authorized only for the 16th Cen-
Many of us have long wor
dined
about
the
and
yelow
CONSTABULARY
tab
which
sometimes is seen in period photos be-
Ing wom about the dishncove should-
er sleeve inslgnia of the US Constabu-
lary in Germany in
me yer Inne
dialely followlng the end of World
War ll.
After all, the patch itself was
dislinctive enough to identify the Con-
slabulary, so why was a separate tab
noded? Further, why don't all photos
of Constabuary troopers show the tab
being worn in addition to he patch?
I found the answer in doing
some restarch on the Constabulary. A
in Cookies Glint Ensignit"and HOw 86
wer Them ,
whuch was prepared in
the fal) of 1945 for the officers and
men of the 16th Constabulary Squa-
dron (Separate) in Berlin. The accom-
panying.
usbanon Is
arawn tom
this booklet, and shows
"an exact du-
plicate
of the
shoulder
patch
and
shoulder flash worn by the l6th Con-
stabulary
Squadron (Separate)."
The
tab is described as follows:
TRADING POST
distinguish the wearer. This Nash is a
have
precedent
that found favor wlth General Har-
ion (then commanding, the US Con-
and tha Ine more comm
lab with blue letters and border may
then have been authorized as a
good
conduct award fo al. constabularv
units serving the
occupation
of cer-
many an ausm
Constabulary Squadron are entitled to
wear the flash
after
completing
30
days' service with the Squadron, and
for as long as they have incurred no
disciplinary
action
against
their
record. The privilege of wearing the
undisci-
lege may be restored by order of any
Troop Commander not sooner than 30
days following the completion of fuf-
men or any
offense. The
STABULARY flash, like the patch
designed on an are of busle Cavalry
Kellere de the a finite ny fauty blue, and
Collectors should note
that
the specified border color for his tab
is
red, not the blue
usually found on
this tob. The writer has never seen
red-bordered
tab,
ou
ma
hAve
been produced. I l5 1he walers SUp
