brad k Posted November 23, 2007 Share #1 Posted November 23, 2007 this is one of my favorite uniforms, a realy nice untouched uniform, the blue disc's are the very thin type that the guys are all wearing in the pictures in the camp shelby book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Wailuna Posted November 23, 2007 Share #7 Posted November 23, 2007 Would you mind posting a close up of the top left ribbon that is partly obscured by the lapel? I want to compare it with this ribbon I have been trying to identify: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FW12 Posted November 23, 2007 Share #8 Posted November 23, 2007 Brad, If possible, could you post the Camp Shelby picture you mention that shows the men wearing the collar discs with the blue backing. As I understand it, the blue backing came much later in the 60s, so I'd be interested to see if they were in use prior. Beau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad k Posted November 24, 2007 Author Share #9 Posted November 24, 2007 I will see what I can do in a few days, the blue disc's are not the same as you are thinking, they are very thin. I also have some red ones on a set of screw back 197th artillery (N.H. national guard) from about the same time, probably about 1942. I believe the later style came into more general use in the early '50's for some units as well as the blue shoulder cord and then for all infantry in the early '60's, I have one metal one with a blue enamel rim probably from the korean war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atb Posted November 24, 2007 Share #10 Posted November 24, 2007 I will see what I can do in a few days, the blue disc's are not the same as you are thinking, they are very thin. I also have some red ones on a set of screw back 197th artillery (N.H. national guard) from about the same time, probably about 1942. I believe the later style came into more general use in the early '50's for some units as well as the blue shoulder cord and then for all infantry in the early '60's, I have one metal one with a blue enamel rim probably from the korean war. The blue distinctive items for Infantry only were adopted in about 1951, including collar disc backings and the shoulder cord. No other branch of the Army is supposed to be wearing them (even though creative manufacturers and Army-Navy stores made and sold them to unsuspecting soldiers. Backing disks came and went periodically for Infantry and other branches since after the WW1 occupation period, but they were always unofficial and only locally authorized. During the WW1 occupation of Germany, US soldiers did wear officially sanctioned (at least by the American Forces in Germany) cloth branch colored collar disc backings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad k Posted November 25, 2007 Author Share #11 Posted November 25, 2007 I took some more pictures today, the camp shelby book is for the 172nd and dated 1942, after looking at it again there are not alot of the guys wearing the disc's, it is random troughout the regiment. i've added a picture of the 197th disc's because they are the same type and period but have nothing to do with the first group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Wailuna Posted November 25, 2007 Share #15 Posted November 25, 2007 Thanks, Brad. That's a match. Would you mind taking a look in your 172nd Inf. album to find a picture of Pvt. Michael R. Seeman, Co. I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTGSANCHEZ Posted November 25, 2007 Share #16 Posted November 25, 2007 LOVELY uniform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FW12 Posted November 26, 2007 Share #17 Posted November 26, 2007 Thanks for the up-close photos! I was unaware that they were worn in WWII. Thanks for posting! Beau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 2, 2020 Share #18 Posted February 2, 2020 BUMP for any additions of pre WWII Branch Colored Backing Discs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant1942 Posted February 2, 2020 Share #19 Posted February 2, 2020 There’s one in the for sale section under uniforms for a Pearl Harbor pre ww2 arty vets uniform with red backed collar disks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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