Dan D Posted June 9, 2018 Share #101 Posted June 9, 2018 and the last 2 of the 740th Armor patches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Stevenson Posted January 17, 2020 Share #102 Posted January 17, 2020 Thoughts on this 306th? (Period, made for collectors, etc.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Stevenson Posted January 17, 2020 Share #103 Posted January 17, 2020 711th? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Stevenson Posted January 17, 2020 Share #104 Posted January 17, 2020 747th? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Stevenson Posted January 17, 2020 Share #105 Posted January 17, 2020 782nd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tredhed2 Posted January 17, 2020 Author Share #106 Posted January 17, 2020 Your 306th is a post war commercially made patch for the 306th Tank Bn, OR, located in WA c. 1947 until withdrawn and combined with the 34th Armor. The others all appear to be TM, or theater added, c. 1945. The 782nd is pretty crude, like the GI did it. The 711th, 747th and 782nd are all WW2 tank bns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Stevenson Posted January 17, 2020 Share #107 Posted January 17, 2020 Great! Thanks so much for the information. This thread is very informative and a huge help as I’m still learning the ropes when it comes to SSI. Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tredhed2 Posted January 17, 2020 Author Share #108 Posted January 17, 2020 Great! Thanks so much for the information. This thread is very informative and a huge help as Im still learning the ropes when it comes to SSI. Thanks again!U Sir, are most welcome. U might look for James Sawickis book on Tank Battalions of the US Army. Has DIs, but more importantly, the histories. Well worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtd_sf_eng Posted November 30, 2020 Share #109 Posted November 30, 2020 I've had this 995th Engineer Trreadway Bridge Company for a while but I never felt completely 100% sure that it was real. So, do I have a good one or for the trash? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tredhed2 Posted November 30, 2020 Author Share #110 Posted November 30, 2020 Looks period original to me......and if you look at the pinned thread “Armor Triangles: Real vs. Made For Collectors” above the standard posts like this one, you’d agree. But if not, will be happy to take it off your hands.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL THE PATCH Posted November 30, 2020 Share #111 Posted November 30, 2020 Nice patch, hey tredhed, why would a engineer unit wear a armored triangle?, I'm thinking armored cars maybe?, Or are they a separate armored unit protecting the eng unit. Very interesting patchSent from my moto g(7) play using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL THE PATCH Posted November 30, 2020 Share #112 Posted November 30, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tredhed2 Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share #113 Posted December 1, 2020 995th Engr Tdwy Bridge Co attached 4th AD 26 June remained w/ Div much of war. Must have liked most of the 4th AD patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL THE PATCH Posted December 1, 2020 Share #114 Posted December 1, 2020 Thank youSent from my moto g(7) play using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted December 1, 2020 Share #115 Posted December 1, 2020 It seemed they, the 995th Engineer Treadway Bridge Company, may have used among other vehicles, the wrecker tank or whatever it was called, maybe the modified M3 Lee Tank wrecker too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted December 1, 2020 Share #116 Posted December 1, 2020 found another 995th Engineer Treadway Bridge Company triangle. There are also repros of TREADWAY Tabs out there, here I guess any originals, probably occupation period German made ones, were worn under the 4th Armored Division Triangles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtd_sf_eng Posted December 1, 2020 Share #117 Posted December 1, 2020 Thank you all for the information, especially that the unit was with the 4th AD, and I think I will keep the patch, for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tredhed2 Posted May 3, 2021 Author Share #118 Posted May 3, 2021 Here's another bonkers made for collectors armor triangle. First of all, there was no 768thTank Bn that existed ever in the US Army. The only two units during WW 2 numbered 768 were an FA Bn (no, not AFA) and an engr dump truck company. Looking at the front, the numbers are off center and the 7 and the 6 look to have been made one way and the 8 another (very heavy embr). That diff is really visible on the back and if you look really close, it appears to be old paper used as a stabilizer only for the 7 and 6, white pick up bobbin for the 8) and some "OD" cable as pick up bobbin on the 7 and 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmorCurator Posted July 25, 2021 Share #119 Posted July 25, 2021 Since I was the last curator for the Patton Museum at Fort Knox, I managed to retain images of a number of objects in the collection which I gladly share whenever I can. This SSI belonged to Colonel George S. Patton jr. - one of a small number he had made up for the officers in his tank brigade in mid to late 1918. It is, unfortunately, faded due to UV exposure, but we all know the colors. It was donated to the museum by BG George S. Patton (Patton's son) in the early 1970s. Patton's proposed design was, of course, not accepted by Heraldry - who modified it to show equal colors. The SSI is pieced silk fabrics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmorCurator Posted July 25, 2021 Share #120 Posted July 25, 2021 We also were given a couple of examples of the accepted designed patch which were finally processed and cataloged in 1987. I believe at least one of these came from LT Dieckhoff of the 344th Tank Battalion. (see the ID card) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tredhed2 Posted December 17, 2021 Author Share #121 Posted December 17, 2021 Here's a new one - a bad tab. This looks nothing like the known versions of the tab, and this is poorly executed, to boot. It's from a screen shot, so I can't get a larger image. I'd like to say the patch numbers are period original, but if the owner faked the tab or the owner bought it from whomever faked the tab......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tredhed2 Posted March 3, 2022 Author Share #122 Posted March 3, 2022 Another fake XVIII Corps. Honestly, added numbers for a unit that never existed? All the fully embr patches were made in error. Period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wailuna Posted March 3, 2022 Share #123 Posted March 3, 2022 On 7/24/2021 at 7:56 PM, ArmorCurator said: We also were given a couple of examples of the accepted designed patch which were finally processed and cataloged in 1987. I believe at least one of these came from LT Dieckhoff of the 344th Tank Battalion. (see the ID card) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wailuna Posted March 3, 2022 Share #124 Posted March 3, 2022 Here is a link to Lieuteant Dieckhoff's grave site: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96963759/john-carl-dieckhoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmorCurator Posted March 4, 2022 Share #125 Posted March 4, 2022 This is the 740th Tank Battalion patch donated to the Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor by one of the veterans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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