bobgee Posted June 25, 2018 Share #1 Posted June 25, 2018 Recent acquisition. 5 inch. How's it look? Thanks. Bobgee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobgee Posted June 29, 2018 Author Share #2 Posted June 29, 2018 Any comments from the USMC squadron patch guys on the vintage/origin? It's embroidered on a twill like base. Millstein says wool.No glow on front - light glow on base material only on reverse. Is it 1944-46 vintage? The squadron had a relatively short life; was activated at MCAS Mojave Feb 1944 - deployed for combat aboard USS Bunker Hill in Jan 1945. Deactivated Sept 1945. Comments and comparisons welcome. Semper Fi.......Bobgee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Scott Posted June 29, 2018 Share #3 Posted June 29, 2018 Bob just my opinion I think it's a high quality copy.It also looks artificially aged and as short a time that they were around why something so completely out of the norm.Scotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobgee Posted June 29, 2018 Author Share #4 Posted June 29, 2018 Thanks Bill - I picked it up as a toss-up. Feels & looks good in hand. Seller was a picker not a patch guy. Millstein has 1 example and it's darn close design-wise. Oh well! Caveat Emptor ! Regards......Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airborne-Hunter Posted June 29, 2018 Share #5 Posted June 29, 2018 I get bad feels. ABN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffro Posted June 30, 2018 Share #6 Posted June 30, 2018 These USMC squadron patches are so well documented now, it's really hard to accept this one as anything but a copy. Jeffro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walika Posted July 4, 2018 Share #7 Posted July 4, 2018 It is a copy. I posted the squadron history here. There are a number of USMC insignia n this same style, all copies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobgee Posted July 4, 2018 Author Share #8 Posted July 4, 2018 It is a copy. I posted the squadron history here. There are a number of USMC insignia n this same style, all copies. Thanks for the comments & the comparison. Hadn't come across this style of manufacture before. Certainly not a Paki piece. Any idea when & where they were made? What other squadrons have been observed? Bobgee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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