I could be mistaken, but I believe you're holding the shoulder strap of an Iraqi 1st Lieutenant, or 'Mulazim Awwal'.
If you want to confirm, here's the link: http://uniforminsignia.net/index.php...id=148&sid=247
And the narrow end is the top of the rank
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'Truth. Duty. Valour.
Blow out you bugles over the rich dead
There's none of these so lonely and poor of old
But dying has made us rarer gifts than gold'
Inscription on the top of the Memorial Arch at RMC Kingston
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