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Help with unknown skull & crossbones patch


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Hello,

I just picked up this patch, and I have no idea what it is for, and I thought maybe someone out there would know what it is. It's a really cool patch and hopefully someone can identify it. Any help would be great.

Thanks,

James

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OK, I'll offer a few comments. The patch looks to be a piece from the late 1918-early 1919 period, and is no doubt U.S.-made. The skull and bones are very close in design and manufacture to legit WWI 20th Div patches we own. In addition, one of the Infantry regiments assigned to the 20th Div was the 48th regiment.

 

I am unable to understand the '12', however. Unless battalions for those very late divisions went by some odd numbering system, there should not be a 12th battalion in any regiment. However, the '48' could just be a coincidence along with the skull and bones, but I don't think so. I'll let someone else decipher the patch numbers and break the code on the '12.'

 

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