Teamski Posted April 17, 2018 Share #1 Posted April 17, 2018 There are ALWAYS exceptions to the rules of patch collecting. What is this one? -Ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNY Militaria Posted April 17, 2018 Share #2 Posted April 17, 2018 508th RCT. What's the exception? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamski Posted April 17, 2018 Author Share #3 Posted April 17, 2018 I am waiting for someone to figure that out. -Ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNY Militaria Posted April 17, 2018 Share #4 Posted April 17, 2018 The only difference I see is that the tail goes over the top of itself rather than under like most 508th patches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamski Posted April 17, 2018 Author Share #5 Posted April 17, 2018 Nope. Conventional wisdom here. -Ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamski Posted April 17, 2018 Author Share #6 Posted April 17, 2018 Well OK, nobody is biting. The fact that the patch features an OD green twill backing and being a post WWII unit counters what we know about WWII vs. post WWII patches. Conventional wisdom says that patches having OD twill backing are always from WWII and this counters that quite decisively. -Ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffro Posted April 19, 2018 Share #7 Posted April 19, 2018 Looks like normal patch and tab sewn to OD backing, then seen to garment to me. Jeffro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Scott Posted April 19, 2018 Share #8 Posted April 19, 2018 Jeffro you are right that is a patch sewn to a piece of cloth and then sewn to the jacket or shirt.That is not an embroidered edge but has been added.Scotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamski Posted April 19, 2018 Author Share #9 Posted April 19, 2018 Jeffro you are right that is a patch sewn to a piece of cloth and then sewn to the jacket or shirt.That is not an embroidered edge but has been added.Scotty Trust me, it is the twill backing and not a piece of cloth. I have the shirt. The patch was produced with an OD twill backing that we usually associate with WWII patches. -Ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillock Posted April 19, 2018 Share #10 Posted April 19, 2018 Friends here's my 508th RCT(A) Although the image does not show the proper color , this is embroidered on Green twill. I have had this for years and noticed the green twill. However I do not know of any documentation or conventional wisdom that states green twill is WWII only. Yes its not common but it is only a manufacturer choice to use a backing for a run of SSI. It was not uncommon for patches to use the same colour twill backing as the design or not from the 1950's. What I take from this is that manufacturers used what ever they had in stock to get the job done and they had not changed their manufacturing process significantly with this design , maybe it was left over old stock which lowered the pricing to make it more competitive,which collectors might not know of, to get a contract awarded. I might have others but have not really thought any more than its just a backing and a good example of a post WWII SSI that used Green twill. Phill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchcollector Posted April 19, 2018 Share #11 Posted April 19, 2018 IIRC I read somewhere(maybe on this Forum) that the green was postwar and the tan was War era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamski Posted April 19, 2018 Author Share #12 Posted April 19, 2018 Here you go! It has been a long standing belief that OD twill is WWII and late WWII and post WWII is khaki. I am not making that up, hehehehehe...... -Ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Scott Posted April 19, 2018 Share #13 Posted April 19, 2018 Ski nothing like visual proof to ' shoot a know it all down " good job.Scotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillock Posted April 19, 2018 Share #14 Posted April 19, 2018 Heres a thread from 2010 regarding green twill 508th. Glad you figured it out http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/72512-508th-airborne-rct/?hl=508th Phill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamski Posted April 19, 2018 Author Share #15 Posted April 19, 2018 Ski nothing like visual proof to ' shoot a know it all down " good job.Scotty Well, I should know! I have had my fair servings of humble pie. Like a post war greenback, this is another one of those exceptions. -Ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Scott Posted April 19, 2018 Share #16 Posted April 19, 2018 Ski as you and I know it's a learning process that why this Forum is so important.Scotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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