84th ECB or 84th EBC

[Bearmon]

I cannot find a clear answer as to the question posted, I got this DUI quite a while ago and could never ID until the patch pictured came up for sale on eBay ( I did not win it) so is the DUI WW2 or later into the early Korean war?

 

ECB is Engineering Camouflage Battalion EBC is Engineering Battalion Construction

[268th C.A.]

that will be answered by a DI collector for sure, but I really like the patch!

[USARV72]

Lizzard was on original WWI cammo corp patch.

[patches]

https://www.84thengineers.com/pictures/history/history.htm

[Bearmon]

https://www.84thengineers.com/pictures/history/history.htm

Thanks I saw that during my searches, it doesn't really let me know if the DUI is WW2 or Korea though.

IT doesn't help that I cannot find a translation for OCCH LIMUS.

[patches]

Thanks I saw that during my searches, it doesn't really let me know if the DUI is WW2 or Korea though.

IT doesn't help that I cannot find a translation for OCCH LIMUS.

I gotcha ya.

 

To bad the TIOH is down (seems like permanently), we might of got an adoption date, that is if it was listed.

[patches]

Did you see this page Bearmon, members here seems to feel here that the motto means We Conceal. There were also TIOH links which are now dead, bummer.

 

http://ww2f.com/threads/researching-grandpas-korean-war-history.44602/

[Bearmon]

Thanks Patches i guess it could be either WW2 or Korea era.

[daskrieg]

On anothe forum the same question was asked about the wording, the consensus is it stands for " we conceal perfectly" don't know if it is correct but for a camo unit it seems to make sense...

[KurtA]

The reverse looks post WW2 to me

[Bearmon]

The reverse looks post WW2 to me

I believe they were inactivated from from '46 to '49 so if it is post war then it would be for Korea.

It came with a 2nd ID patch, I just located an OOB for them in WW2 it does not list the 84th ECB

I cannot locate an OOB for the 2nd ID in Korea that wold probably lock down the time frame. (if they are connected)

 

Thanks for all the assistance I can see how these DUI's can start to get interesting.

Oh boy down another collecting avenue, my wife will be sooooo happy.

[matmil]

84th Engineer Camouflage Bn, Crest is similar to ASMIC 84A2 32x27mm. PB No hallmark. Motto "Occh Limmus" (We Conceal)

The ASMIC listing also indicates Cb/c, C= Era 1948-59, b, made from authentic drawing, c Insignia was worn by unit.

[Bearmon]

84th Engineer Camouflage Bn, Crest is similar to ASMIC 84A2 32x27mm. PB No hallmark. Motto "Occh Limmus" (We Conceal)

The ASMIC listing also indicates Cb/c, C= Era 1948-59, b, made from authentic drawing, c Insignia was worn by unit.

Thanks