tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976144987764616755.post4432600284786054835..comments2022-12-02T04:48:02.187+13:00Comments on  cobblerkhan: "Inglourious Basterds" - The UniformsAndrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07039820473231118150noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976144987764616755.post-38639054265384875082011-02-25T12:58:46.726+13:002011-02-25T12:58:46.726+13:00Thank you for your friendly post Anon! I believe ...Thank you for your friendly post Anon! I believe Hicox's badge is the crossed red trident, wings and rifles of the Combined Ops teams, of which - as an RM commando - he would have been a part. Take at look at this link; I believe out badge is #10.<br /><br />http://www.combinedops.com/INSIGNIA%20SPECIMENS.htmAndrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07039820473231118150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976144987764616755.post-58427813876363480412011-02-25T10:39:44.438+13:002011-02-25T10:39:44.438+13:00Thanks for the post, clarifies a bunch! In the fil...Thanks for the post, clarifies a bunch! In the film Landa mentions coming to France from Austria and Christopher Waltz is Austrian so I think Tarantino intended that to be the character's homeland. Not sure if this would count as making him open to the Germanic Proficiency Badge, (awarded before the Anschluss? or maybe another way to inflate his medal count like you mention in other parts? NoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976144987764616755.post-14114677745754828192010-01-15T15:36:24.716+13:002010-01-15T15:36:24.716+13:00Thanks Walter, the more clarification this blog ca...Thanks Walter, the more clarification this blog can get, the better.Andrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07039820473231118150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976144987764616755.post-53307257445439330842010-01-15T11:29:49.351+13:002010-01-15T11:29:49.351+13:00Landa's tunic is actually field grey. The SS d...Landa's tunic is actually field grey. The SS didn't have green uniforms, although greenish grey ones could be encountered, mostly among the Waffen-SS. Brown shirts were worn by all SS members, with white ones reserved for formal occasions. He shouldn't be wearing the blank cuff band, by the way, since he wasn't attached to an SD district, or an Einsatzgruppe, but to the Commander Walter_the_Wizardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17413503171424733090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976144987764616755.post-84918076750517788312010-01-01T09:53:32.784+13:002010-01-01T09:53:32.784+13:00GD was a bit unique in that it drew recruits from ...GD was a bit unique in that it drew recruits from all over greater germany - while other divisons drew from various wehrkriese. He could well have been transferred into GD due to his exploits.<br /><br />Few if any would start their career in GD - hence it's almost unique statis as "elite" within the HeerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com