jcsoup Posted July 13, 2011 Share #176 Posted July 13, 2011 I picked up this DI from the Army Air Corps 3rd Air Base Squadron in trade from a used book dealer. It took quite awhile to figure out what it was, but I was surprised to find that there was one in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenL Posted July 19, 2011 Share #177 Posted July 19, 2011 Chemical RTC. Variations exist with different enamel colors and mask designs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted July 21, 2011 Share #178 Posted July 21, 2011 8th Air Force Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted July 21, 2011 Share #179 Posted July 21, 2011 Japanese made 32nd Regiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted July 21, 2011 Share #180 Posted July 21, 2011 80th Infantry Div WW-II. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted July 21, 2011 Share #181 Posted July 21, 2011 This one is a Parachute unit but I don't know which one. Only markings is G-23 and Made in USA; certainly post war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted July 21, 2011 Share #182 Posted July 21, 2011 Here is a picture of one D of the 165th/69th abd abother one that I don't know, on uniforms. Eich has a mate on the other shoulder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted July 21, 2011 Share #183 Posted July 21, 2011 311th Infantry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted July 21, 2011 Share #184 Posted July 21, 2011 Constabulary DUIs on an officer's Ike. I believe these might be German-made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted July 21, 2011 Share #185 Posted July 21, 2011 Wolfhound pair on a uniform. In an earlier post someone asked about the direction the wolf heads are facing. They face each other on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted July 21, 2011 Share #186 Posted July 21, 2011 Two fairly early 1st Cav DUIs (only one side shown). One is brass with black horse head silhouette (screwback) and the other has the horse head silhouette, "blanket" and the letter I in blue rather than the usual black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted July 21, 2011 Share #187 Posted July 21, 2011 71st Infantry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted July 21, 2011 Share #188 Posted July 21, 2011 Here are a pair of 509th PIR DUIs. These are probably modern vintage. This is probably enough. I've got several more but I haven't identified them yet and, as unknowns, they don't do much good as references. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted July 21, 2011 Share #189 Posted July 21, 2011 One more. I tried to add these to the Japanese (occupation) made pair above but couldn't. Got the picture stuck on it but it locked me out before I could add the accompanying text. These are older screw-back 32nd Regiment DUIs. I can't see any maker's (or any other) markings on the backs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argonauts2 Posted August 13, 2011 Share #190 Posted August 13, 2011 I picked up this DI from the Army Air Corps 3rd Air Base Squadron in trade from a used book dealer. It took quite awhile to figure out what it was, but I was surprised to find that there was one in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. As a side note NASM his a large collection of aviation DI's and other related insignia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckshotLT Posted August 26, 2011 Share #191 Posted August 26, 2011 308th Medical BN (83rd Division)WW2Screwback Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfields Posted September 11, 2011 Share #192 Posted September 11, 2011 I'll add some too: Here's a german made 15th Engineering Bn: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfields Posted September 11, 2011 Share #193 Posted September 11, 2011 A german made 1st Recon Troop: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfields Posted September 11, 2011 Share #194 Posted September 11, 2011 A cloth 26th Infantry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddoNY Posted September 22, 2011 Share #195 Posted September 22, 2011 Fourth Infantry Regiment Patch, Silk Ribbon DUI's Enlisted and Nco/Officer The 4th IR the second oldest Regiment is the only U.S. military unit authorized to wear Silk Ribbon DUI's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deddygetty Posted December 5, 2011 Share #196 Posted December 5, 2011 99th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized), 99th Infantry Division WWII. From the unit history: Being limited in space, we have not written about every individual. But all were essential for success - a success that can be symbolized by a badge, authorized by the War Department to be worn by members of the troop. This badge was on a blue oval, a gold caltrop imbrued proper above a blue scroll with the motto: “Forever Forward” in gold lettering. The blue in the field stands now for gallant work on those doughboy patrols into the Siegfried Line. It stands too for Recon’s stand in it’s dug-in positions at Kalterherberg. It stands for all this and also the doughboys who rode to battle on Recon’s vehicles, where once it only stood for the troop’s origin as Hq. and Hq. Co., 197th and 198th Infantry Brigade. The gold stands for those spearheads, and Task Forces and reports that the 99th Reconnaissance Troop contributed to the annals of the First and Third Army instead of just meaning branch cavalry. It’s motto: “Ever Forward” finally takes it’s meaning in all the troop’s own men who have never been known to turn back or falter in courage and at any price or sacrifice have gone and will go “Ever Forward”. It was quite rare indeed for a unit the size of the 99th Recon Troop, about 144 men at full strength, to be authorized a DUI. The unit was inactivated before any of them saw the crest, but was later activated during the Vietnam War as HQ, 197th LIB (less 3d platoon). 3d platoon was activated as HQ, 198th LIB. These were the original parent units from WWI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ztoddman1 Posted March 17, 2012 Share #197 Posted March 17, 2012 My 105th Quartermaster Screwback( 30th Division) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattvs2004 Posted July 6, 2012 Share #198 Posted July 6, 2012 Does anybody have a picture of the 486th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battlion's Unit Crest? I saw a really small picture of one on a auction lot. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_Frost Posted August 19, 2012 Share #199 Posted August 19, 2012 10/10 to everyone who's posted a contribution, but, if a member deletes the images, or the reverse isn't shown, it's pretty annoying, and defeats the object of the thread, rendering it "Useless." Just my 2 cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sepiashooter Posted December 13, 2012 Share #200 Posted December 13, 2012 US Army 348th Engineer Battalion WWII - 'Battering Rams' By the way, I am looking for another one of these to replace one which was lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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