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Figs. 1. & 2. Frogmen School.

Fig. 1. Black beret with school patch.

Fig. 2. School Patch; black letters and outline, patch in turquoise blue, red/white diver down flag, white and black skin diver over a green map of Panama.

Fig. 3. Shoulder tab for "Escuela de Comandos y Operaciones Especiales" [E.C.O.E.], yellow on red.

Fig. 4. & 5. Comandos: black beret, gold comando badge with red, white, blue small shield, black enamel knife, black legend "Comando", bottom scroll with yellow legend "Por la Paz fencer 0 Morir".

Figs. 6,7,8,9,& 10. Unidad Especial de Servicio Anti-Terror [also called Unidad. Especial de Seguridad Anti-Terror]:

Fig. 6. Gold badge with red/white/blue shield, black letters "U.E.S.A.T." on gold field, bottom legend in yellow "Fuerza Para T.a Paz" on a black field.

Fig. 7. Unit tab, white letters on black field.

Fig. 8. & 9.Black beret and hat.

Fig.10. olive drab with black insignia, gold "U.E.S.A.T." badge, black T-shirt, this unit also wears B.D.U.'s d'Ted completely in black, usually devoid of insignia.

Fig.11. 3rd Compania de Infanteria: Sargento 2° in tan shirt and green brown trousers, usual insignia with unit patch and red/yellow shoulder tab on right sleeve, red beret with unit patch as on its flag, Fig 12.

Fig.12. Flag for the 3rd Company of In antry, field red with yellow fringe, yellow lettering. red devil with black hair and wings on a light blue background [on some patches the wings are blue] red "Diablo Rojo" on yellow field, all outlined in black.

Fig.13. Instructor at the Jungle Survival School [Escuela Panajungla de Supervivencia en la Selva], black cap with orange badge of two snakes over a machete with a yellow wreath; black T-shirt with yellow lettering and snakes, white machete with white handle on a black field with a yellow outline.

Panama Fuerzas de Defensa 1988-89 Uniform Plates

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Panama Fuerzas de Defensa 1988-89 Uniform Plates

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