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35th Brigade (a.k.a. Paratroopers Brigade, Hativat HaTzanhanim)

image located by Esteban Rivera

Parachutist Infantry Regiment – Branch of Service Flag, obverse, featuring the Branch insignia, being the IDF Senior Paratrooper (Jumpmaster) Wings in black outline (cropped image from the original located here, source).

[Alternative version of the Branch of Service Flag, six flags printed together (source)]

image located by Esteban Rivera


Parachutist Infantry Regiment (cropped image from the original located here). Picture caption reads: "New York, New York, USA. 23rd May, 2021. Demonstrators at a Pro Israel Rally in Times Square Sunday afternoon. The official rally was cancelled at the last minute due to concerns for violence but these protesters showed up anyway to show their pro Israel support. A few Pro-Palestine supporters showed up including Orthodox Jews that do not recognize the state of Israel. Protester holds flag insignia of Israel Paratroopers. Credit: Milo Hess/ZUMA Wire/Alamy Live News"

[Decorative variant with six flags printed together (source)]


image located by Esteban Rivera

Parachutist Infantry Regiment – Branch of Service Flag, obverse, featuring the Branch insignia, being the IDF Senior Paratrooper (Jumpmaster) Wings in red outline (cropped image from the original located here, source).


image located by Esteban Rivera

IDF Senior Paratrooper (Jumpmaster) Wings insignia (copied image from the original located here, source).

Esteban Rivera, 27 December 2022

Insignia

image located by William Garrison
(source | photo)

Friendship flag for Congolese paratroopers

     images located by William Garrison
(obverse)                                                                              (reverse)

Friendship flag donated from the 35th Brigade to the "Paratroopers of Congo" (Democratic Republic of the Congo, a.k.a. Congo-Léopoldville, later Zaire). The seller on the platform indicates the year as 1966.
Inscription in Hebrew (obverse) and French (reverse): "From the Paratroopers of Israel to the Paratroopers of Congo", given in the city of Kinshasa Ndjili (located in the Tshangu district of Kinshasa, the capital city of the DRC). Large canvas flag in the colors of Israel with embroidered text, with winged parachute on the back and coat-of-arms with winged snake ("shiffon") on a red shield on the front. Size: 158x216 cm. Some soiling, tear in the lower part. (source)
William Garrison, 29 July 2024


55th Paratroopers Brigade

    image (left) located by William Garrison

Picture of 55th Paratroopers Brigade with their flag in Jerusalem on June 6, 1967 (source). Unlike the insignia (source: Wikipedia), on the flag there is also a laurel wreath around the symbol, probably in green.
located by William Garrison, 7 June 2023


Duchifat Battalion (94th Battalion)

image located by William Garrison
(source)

Insignia

image located by Martin Karner
(source)

Badge

image located by Martin Karner
(source)

This unit, the Duchifat Battalion (Sayeret Dukhifat) is a battalion in the Kfir Brigade, it was originally established in 1984 as an anti-tank unit, but now involved in urban combat maneuvers that include counter-terror operations, apprehension of terrorists, patrols, manning checkpoints and regular security activities (Wikipedia).
William Garrison, 29 July 2024