ocsfollowme Posted December 27, 2018 Share #1 Posted December 27, 2018 I have picked up two of these in the past 11 years on eBay. Have had searches for them and besides being at BCT I think I have not seen another. Neither glow and both are same construction. Pretty thick. Construction experts: can this be a theatre made WWII patch? Or US made? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocsfollowme Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share #2 Posted December 27, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocsfollowme Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share #3 Posted December 27, 2018 I know that they did shows in Rome after Anzio. Could have toured elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airborne-Hunter Posted December 28, 2018 Share #4 Posted December 28, 2018 Construction is unlike any ww2 patch I can think of at the moment. Its all hand guided embroidery. The construction makes me think of a lot of Vietnam era patches, but the embroidery is of a generally higher quality than what is seen in Vietnam. The problem I have is less of where and more of when the patch was made. I don't know that I have a problem with the construction, but I don't know that I can call it ww2 or Vietnam either. Very torn on this one. I think the key will be to find another patch made in a similar manner to limit the possibilities otherwise finding a documented one to nail it down might be a more difficult, but plausible option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PATCHRAT Posted December 29, 2018 Share #5 Posted December 29, 2018 There is an article about the Stars and Gripes Show in the J-M 2006 issue ASMIC Trading Post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocsfollowme Posted December 30, 2018 Author Share #6 Posted December 30, 2018 There is an article about the Stars and Gripes Show in the J-M 2006 issue ASMIC Trading Post Thanks for the info! Color photo and a great article to boot. Reason why to be a member of ASMIC! I will be leaving the one on my quilts and am blessed to have a duplicate. Thanks for your time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocsfollowme Posted December 30, 2018 Author Share #7 Posted December 30, 2018 Less then 50 soldiers were a part of this unit. As you can see, both of mine have slight variations in the lettering. These could have been done free hand on a sewing machine in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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