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Mobile special unit - Xray Scanner |
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Sycoscan Douance Le Havre |
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Issued to personnel competent in the use of Radiological protection
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Mobile scanner, variation 1
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Mobile scanner, variation 2
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Mobile scanner, variation 3 |
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For the French skier items, they were official badges for skiing Customs Officer. To be a skier is a speciality only for skier Customs units (Chamonix, Pontarlier - units near mountain areas, for example). When you are this speciality you can move between ski areas. This badge was worn between 1950 / 1960 |
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Variation of above badge Manuel Ryckembeusch collection |
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Before 1960 it was a school where Customs Officers learnt to ski, this item being the ski school badge |
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Current style skier badge (there is no more Customs ski school, so this speciality is finished) |
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Variation of above badge Manuel Ryckembeusch collection |
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Manuel Ryckembeusch collection |
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Manuel Ryckembeusch collection |
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Manuel Ryckembeusch collection |
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Manuel Ryckembeusch collection |
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Manuel Ryckembeusch collection |
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Manuel Ryckembeusch collection |
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Customs Ski Unit Sports Team |
France - DNRED Direction Nationale du Renseignement et des Enquêtes Douanières
English translation - National Directorate of Intelligence and Customs Investigations DOD Customs Operations Branch
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Task Force Dragon is a special unit created on September 2008 in DNRED. Composed of 24 agents, its job is to fight against smuggling of goods coming into Europe from China. (thanks to Bruno Collin for information) Manuel Ryckembeusch collection |
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Manuel Ryckembeusch collection |
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Direction Nationale Renseignement et Enquetes Douanieres, the National Intelligence and Investigation Division for the French customs. Scans proudly sent to me by Bruno Ursch & Manuel Ryckembeusch. Patch sent to me by Christophe! Patch meaning: |
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Anti Terrorism Unit DNRED Golt
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Patch DNRED DOD Lille - Calais
Roy Stammwitz / Manuel Ryckembeusch collections |
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Manuel Ryckembeusch collection |
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Manuel Ryckembeusch collection |
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Manuel Ryckembeusch collection |
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Centre for Cooperation Police and Customs (Spain) El Pertus Manuel Ryckembeusch |
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Centre for Cooperation Police and Customs (Spain) Melles Pont du Roy Manuel Ryckembeusch
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Centre for Cooperation Police and Customs (Swiss) CCPD means Center of Cooperation Police - Customs. There is one for each common border France /abroad (Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany - uncertain about Spain) In these centers Police and Customs officers mix their information and investigations Manuel Ryckembeusch
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Centre for Cooperation Police and Customs (Italy) Ventimille |
All images courtesy Roy Stammwitz collection
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Dog Handler Unit - left side, very old |
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Detector Dog Unit - Narcotics old style |
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Detector Dog Unit - Narcotics - variation of above Manuel Ryckembeusch collection
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Drug Dog Handler Patch Bruno Laurens collection & Nicolas Marliot collection |
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Drug Dog Handler Patch variation ("S" missing from Douanes) Manuel Ryckembeusch collection
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Detector Dog Unit - Explosives old style |
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Detector Dog Unit - Explosives - variation |
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Detector Dog Unit - Narcotics, current style |
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Detector Dog Unit - Narcotics, current style - variation
Manuel Ryckembeusch collection |
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Detector Dog Unit - Explosives, current style |
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Detector Dog Unit - Tobacco, current style |
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Detector Dog Unit - Patrol Guard, current style |
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Detector Dog Unit - Patrol Guard, current style |
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Detector Dog Unit - Narcotics, Chamonix region, current style. Image also courtesy Georg Gruber collection |