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Help with 1st MAR DIV SSIs


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I need help identifying these two 1st Mar. Div. variants. I know very little about the various types and would like opinions on these as to date and manufacture.

 

*Both garments belonged to the same veteran, and are 'out of the woodwork'.

*Left is a 1942 dated Aussie Ike/Vandegrift.

*Right is a class A dated September 1942.

 

Thanks for any assistance.

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Thanks guys. I figured as much. Does anyone have an idea when the U.S. made patches started to arrive in the S. Pacific? As I mentioned both the Australian 'Vandegrift', and the class A are dated '42. This fellow was in the 5th Marines.

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