1951 The Uniforms of NATO

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Pages 37 and 38.

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Page 39.

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Page 40.

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Great stuff Sarge. It's hard to find good insignia references in that early Cold War period. Everybody & their brother puts of stuff on WWII and the current insignia, but so much was used from the post WWII period that has disappeared, or no references are available on it. Thanks for sharing this with us, even tho it's foreign.

 

LEE: Yes, insignia from the Korean War era references are few and far between as patriotism had waned after 1945 and the Korean War was tagged as a "Conflict" or "Police Action." The Second World War is more popular among collectors that the First World War, the Spanish American War, the Indian Wars, the Mexican American War, and the War of 1812 and perhaps the Revolutionary War too? The other popular area of collecting the War for State's Rights and Southern Independence, also known as the U.S. Civil War and its Confederate insignia that commands more attention than the Union Army. N.A.T.O. (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and S.E.A.T.O. (South East Asia Treaty Organization) also don't seem to garner a whole lot of interest for that matter, but I'd like to be proven wrong, of course! Well, the booklet was prepared by the United States Government Printing Office and not only shows our allies, but the insignia and uniforms of the then U.S. Armed Forces, Lee!