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12-05-2016 09:53 PM
# ADS
Circuit advertisement
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That's a very nice-looking tunic!
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Very nice looking uniform item. Is this the highest NCO rank? How many different waffenfarben did the Swiss have?
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Paul R
Very nice looking uniform item. Is this the highest NCO rank? How many different waffenfarben did the Swiss have?
Hey Paul, here the answers to your questions:
The highest NCO rank for the Swiss Army was ( and still is) the "CHEFADJUTANT" (= Warrant Officer Class 1).
Several "ADJUTANT" ranks come after the "Hauptfeldweibel" (= First Sergeant) , and before the "Leutnant", which would be the first Officer in line.
The Waffenfarben (= Weapon-colour), the Swiss Army calls them "TRUPPENGATTUNGSFARBE" (=Troop-type-colour), are as follows:
INFANTRY: DARK GREEN
ARMOURED TROOPS: YELLOW
ARTILLERY: RED
AIR FORCE: COBALT BLUE
GENERALSTAB: BLACK
MESSENGER TROOPS: SILVER GREY
LOGISTICS: PURPLE
MEDICAL / RED CROSS: BLUE
MILITARY POLICE: GREY
ABC-PROTECTION: MUSTARD YELLOW
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Here is a "pure" postwar "Ordonnanz 1949" Waffenrock, for comparison. Look how the "cut" is different to the "Ordonannz 1926/1940" i shown previously, but the insignia are like this one. That´s why mine is "transitional".
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no idea man.. never have seen such a jacket before.. My best & most realistic guess is that it belonges to the "Zivilschutz" (=Civil Protection) or maybe FireFighters, as it has a quite official look with those WW2 (& postwar- era) buttons and the (19)47 - stamp.. Interesting
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Hello Gentlemen,
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