Podhalan Service Dress.

[marc b]

Hi Guys,
Another Service Dress I have for many years.
Complete with the pocked badge and lanyard.
If someone has a Narvik pocket badge made by another manufacturer....please show.

Just missing the small shield on the lanyard.
....if someone has one...

Enjoy!
Marc

[Gary J]

Very Nice Marc

Gary J.

[3mk]

Nice tunic!You dont see Polish tunics in that kind of a condition everyday

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Marc, that is really nice.

I was only just writing about Austerity pattern service dress tunics earlier this afternoon.

Cheers, Ade.

[A.J. Zawadzki]

Thumbs up from me as well! Very nice set. !!

Just missing the small shield on the lanyard.
....if someone has one...

Sorry to say that I only have the one in my photo-archive (posted below).

If someone has a Narvik pocket badge made by another manufacturer....please show.

There was only one official maker. The badge exists in both a serial numbered version along with a ‘cut out’ version, all presumably from the same maker.

It was not uncommon for the owners to remove the pinback fastening and replace with the traditional threaded post. Such is the case for the one in my collection (posted below)

Keep posting those tunics Marc!

Regards,
Tony

[marc b]

Thanks guys!
And great badge Tony, and you're right these kind of "adjustments" are not unusual. I've seen them more.
No idea who the maker of the Narvik badge was?

Cheers,
Marc

[A.J. Zawadzki]

Hi Marc,

Unfortuntely my references either omit mention of the badge maker, or state "maker unknown".

Posted below is one of the 'cut out' versions that was up for auction back in 2007 but I unfortunately neglected to record the sale price.

However, I do have the sale price of an badge like yours with original pinback that was listed on the Polish Antykwariat Numizmatyczna site within the past year. Listing posted below.

The sale price . . . 4500zl = $1550 USD = 970GBP

Regards,
T.

[3mk]

Oh boy...
I understand the uniform being worth $1550 but just the badge on the uniform!
I need to start collecting the pennies I see on the ground

[marc b]

Woow....The sale price . . . 4500zl = $1550 USD = 970GBP ...........
I'm glad I haven't sold everything years ago...kept most of my 1st armd. div. stuff....
(Garry, years ago at Belting you always told me to keep the good Polish stuff.....Thanks mate!!!)
And Tony, thanks for posting the pics of the badge and the info on it.

cheers,
Marc

[3mk]

Marc everything Polish is good!Exept the LWP stuff (Not including the war time stuff)