firefighter Posted June 23, 2013 Share #1 Posted June 23, 2013 Has anybody ever seen one of these before? I have seen the U.S. & German made ones but not a Japanese made version.This is from Bill Wise so I assume its a legit one. RARE 1950'S JAPANESE MADE UN BLUE US MIL LIAISON MISSION TO POTSDAM PATCH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchcollector Posted June 23, 2013 Share #2 Posted June 23, 2013 Very cool!Unit patches can,and were made everywhere.This eBay seller always has interesting stuff for sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted June 23, 2013 Author Share #3 Posted June 23, 2013 Very cool!Unit patches can,and were made everywhere.This eBay seller always has interesting stuff for sale. That he does.He's been selling it seems like forever and always had rare and interesting items.He use to do a mail auction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted June 23, 2013 Share #4 Posted June 23, 2013 That's not something you see every day. I'd love to know the background on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorldWarPatches Posted June 24, 2013 Share #5 Posted June 24, 2013 Makes no cents to me that a japan version of this patch even being made. But then again, I don't know much anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintageproductions Posted June 24, 2013 Share #6 Posted June 24, 2013 Why couldn't there be one made? Look at the Hashimoto patch thread on here, and you can see why there were lots of patches that shouldn't have been Japanese made but were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted June 24, 2013 Author Share #7 Posted June 24, 2013 Why couldn't there be one made? Look at the Hashimoto patch thread on here, and you can see why there were lots of patches that shouldn't have been Japanese made but were. Excellent point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorldWarPatches Posted June 24, 2013 Share #8 Posted June 24, 2013 Sure it might be Japan made but I don't think for wear by the military. Copy only is my feelings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted June 24, 2013 Author Share #9 Posted June 24, 2013 Obviously not one of the 'controlled' patches but one that someone probably had made to commemorate their service or to be worn as a 'combat' type patch.Still an interesting patch IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Scott Posted June 24, 2013 Share #10 Posted June 24, 2013 Firefighter is correct almost all of the European unit patches Japanese made are for the right shoulder former unit insignia.Scotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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