Looper5920 Posted February 25, 2019 Share #1 Posted February 25, 2019 I am curious if anyone has a real life example of the first patch shown below. The first picture depicts a Marine from Air Warning Squadron 1 (AWS-1) in what is believed to be February 1946. You'll notice he is wearing a 4th MAW shoulder patch however the patch is not full red but rather two tone. I believe the color scheme to be similar to that of the second photo which shows a handmade MGCIS-1 patch from a few years later. The two-toned patch was supposed to signify that the radar squadron could conduct both day & night operations. The color scheme is still employed by MACS-1 and VMA-513 to this day. Does anyone on the forum happen to have an example of this patch? Thanks in advance. Cheers, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan H. Posted February 25, 2019 Share #2 Posted February 25, 2019 I don't think you're looking for a two color shoulder patch. I think that this Gunny has ironed a crease into the "battle blaze" AND into his chevrons. I think that you aare simply seeing light bounce off of the patch at the crease. Now, why would someone crease the sleeves on their Alpha? Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
268th C.A. Posted February 25, 2019 Share #3 Posted February 25, 2019 I will agree with Allan on this, looks like camera photo flash and lighting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looper5920 Posted February 25, 2019 Author Share #4 Posted February 25, 2019 Fair enough, I did not consider that having never seen it before. Appreciate the course correction. Thanks, MM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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