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1931. Witness JF-027, a Croatian ethnic Serb and a former member of the SDG, 3923 testified
that following his training with the Red Berets at Mount Tara, he received a red beret, which
he wore occasionally, and an oval metal emblem depicting the Serbian flag, a sword, and a
snake, which he never wore. 3924 Witness JF-050, a Croat from Jajce in Bosnia-
Herzegovina, 3925 testified that Arkan’s men referred to themselves as Tigers or Super Tigers
and the two wore different patches on their uniforms. 3926 The witness recognized three
insignia of Arkan’s men, each depicting a sword and four Serbian Ss in the background; two
of the patches also showed an eagle, and one of them depicted a tiger. 3927 Witness C-1118, a
Croat from Osijek municipality, 3928 testified that he identified the soldiers that took him to
Erdut as Arkan’s soldiers, as they wore insignia on their uniforms which read “Tigers”. The
witness recognized the Arkan’s men emblem in a picture which features a tiger and a sword
with four Serb Ss. 3929
1932. Witness JF-048, a former member of the Red Berets, 3930 testified that the new recruits
at Pajzoš in 1995 had plain berets, whereas instructors wore insignia with four Cyrillic Ss,
bearing a golden sword against a light blue background, which the witness believed was later
used by the PJPs. 3931
1933. The Trial Chamber has further examined several patches and insignia of Serb armed
forces. In this respect it notes that among other formations that used a sword in its emblem,
two crossed swords appear in, inter alia, the Krajina armed formations’ patch and the SRS
patch; a single sword with its blade pointing upwards is presented on the PJP patch; and a
sword with a blade pointing downwards is used in the patch of the “Serbia Dobrovoljacka
Jedinica UBR-90”. 3932
3923 P1596 (Witness JF-027, witness statement, 27 February 2004), p. 1, para. 7; Witness JF-027, T. 8887, 8890,
8971.
3924 P1596 (Witness JF-027, witness statement, 27 February 2004), para. 13.
3925 P570 (Witness JF-050, witness statement, 15 December 1998), p. 2; P572 (Witness JF-050, prior testimony),
p. 18369.
3926 P570 (Witness JF-050, witness statement, 15 December 1998), p. 4; P572 (Witness JF-050, prior testimony),
pp. 18388-18391.
3927 P572 (Witness JF-050, prior testimony), pp. 18390-18391; P580 (SDG Patch with a Tiger); P582 (SDG
Patch); P583 (SDG Patch).
3928 P23 (Witness C-1118, witness statement, 4 June 1999), pp. 1-2; PP24 (Witness C-1118, witness statement,
12 June 1999), p. 1; P25 (Witness C-1118, witness statement, 25 April 2007), p. 1; Witness C-1118, T. 1950,
1968-1969.
3929 Witness C-1118, T. 1981-1982; P31 (Tiger insignia).
3930 P523 (Witness JF-048, witness statement, 6 May 2000), pp. 1-2, 5; P524 (Witness JF-048, Slobodan
Milošević transcript, 9 January 2003), p. 14576.
3931 P523 (Witness JF-048, witness statement, 6 May 2000), p. 7; P532 (Photograph of Red Berets insignia).
3932 P255 (Book of patches, insignia and uniforms of Serbian Armed Forces) pp. 19-20, 22-23, 35-36, 43, 49, 80,
89, 96, 121; P1974 (SAO Krajina Prime Minister Decree on the insignia worn by members of the armed forces,
2 August 1991).
Case No. IT-03-69-T 681
30 May 2013