mdk0911 Posted December 22, 2012 Share #1 Posted December 22, 2012 I just picked this up and I like it alot. I haven't seen this kind of paratrooper patch before so I had to buy it. The parachute on the patch is metal and the bar is marked sterling. Comments please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdk0911 Posted December 22, 2012 Author Share #2 Posted December 22, 2012 more pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sgtdorango Posted December 22, 2012 Share #6 Posted December 22, 2012 Interesting!...ive seen a few bullion para cap patches but yours is different!....maybe a German or Italian or Japanese made?....some guys collect just these and will know from the style where it was made.....mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted December 22, 2012 Share #7 Posted December 22, 2012 Never seen that style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vzemke Posted December 22, 2012 Share #8 Posted December 22, 2012 Actually looks like it is a post WWII British RAF "parachute badge without wings" and not a WWII US Army paratrooper cap patch at all. Known as the "lightbulb", its for those who are jump qualified but do not/have not served with an actual jump unit. Vance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdk0911 Posted December 22, 2012 Author Share #9 Posted December 22, 2012 Thanks for the comments - I checked the patch with a black light and no glow to the patch (made of felt?) or the threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted December 22, 2012 Share #10 Posted December 22, 2012 RAF parachute badges, as worn on mess dress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted December 22, 2012 Share #11 Posted December 22, 2012 Typical US-made PIR cap patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted December 22, 2012 Share #12 Posted December 22, 2012 Is there any name in the hat? Americans seemed to use a lot of British uniforms and badges durn WW2.Probably something he saw in a shop and had it sewn on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtdorango Posted December 22, 2012 Share #13 Posted December 22, 2012 Is there any name in the hat? Americans seemed to use a lot of British uniforms and badges durn WW2.Probably something he saw in a shop and had it sewn on? Try looking under the leather sweatband all the way around the hat, ive found names written under there many times.....mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted December 23, 2012 Share #14 Posted December 23, 2012 My gut feeling is that the patch was added retrospectively. Someone mistook it for a US airborne officers' cap patch and added it to the cap to "jazz it up". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdk0911 Posted December 25, 2012 Author Share #15 Posted December 25, 2012 Thanks for all the comments and help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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