Baron3-6 Posted June 1, 2016 Share #251 Posted June 1, 2016 FYI- Mott's claim to fame was as an Engineer Platoon Leader in the 9th Armored Division. He and two Engineer NCO's followed the infantry across the bridge at Remagen under fire cutting the wire from the charges and throwing them in the Rhine. He was awarded the DSC.One of the BOQ buildings for Engineer Lt's at Fort Leonard Wood is named for him and has his accolades hanging in the lobby - I lived there for about 3 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted June 1, 2016 Share #252 Posted June 1, 2016 FYI- Mott's claim to fame was as an Engineer Platoon Leader in the 9th Armored Division. He and two Engineer NCO's followed the infantry across the bridge at Remagen under fire cutting the wire from the charges and throwing them in the Rhine. He was awarded the DSC.One of the BOQ buildings for Engineer Lt's at Fort Leonard Wood is named for him and has his accolades hanging in the lobby - I lived there for about 3 months. Thanks for that info Baron. Here's one more foto of him, plus his DSC citation. http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=32175 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian6256 Posted June 2, 2016 Share #253 Posted June 2, 2016 Hello, I have a nice example of the armored patch being worn on the chest. and i wanted to add it here. one thing that is a bot strange about this example is it also has a 4th ID SSI on the right chest pocket. Was this a standard way of wearing it, or just a soldier wearing it differently? Thanks, Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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seanmc1114 Posted June 2, 2016 Author Share #255 Posted June 2, 2016 Your jacket has the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 67th Infantry Brigade of the Nebraska National Guard on the left sleeve. At one time the unit was a roundout brigade of the 4th Infantry Division which is why the 4th patch is worn on the pocket. The armor triangle probably denotes service with either the 1st Battalion 195th Armor or Troop E 167th Cavalry, both of which were organic to the 67th. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/67th_Battlefield_Surveillance_Brigade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted June 2, 2016 Author Share #256 Posted June 2, 2016 Hello, I have a nice example of the armored patch being worn on the chest. and i wanted to add it here. one thing that is a bot strange about this example is it also has a 4th ID SSI on the right chest pocket. Was this a standard way of wearing it, or just a soldier wearing it differently? Thanks, Adrian resized_1.jpgresized_2.jpg resized_3.jpg Your jacket has the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 67th Infantry Brigade of the Nebraska National Guard on the left sleeve. At one time the unit was a roundout brigade of the 4th Infantry Division which is why the 4th patch is worn on the pocket. The armor triangle probably denotes service with either the 1st Battalion 195th Armor or Troop E 167th Cavalry, both of which were organic to the 67th. https://en.wikipedia...illance_Brigade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted June 20, 2016 Author Share #257 Posted June 20, 2016 Unnumbered triangle worn by a tank officer of the 4th Battalion 33rd Armor of the Army Reserve's 205th Infantry Brigade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted September 10, 2016 Author Share #258 Posted September 10, 2016 Another shot of Patton wearing the 2nd Armored Division patch in 1941 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamarhooten Posted September 10, 2016 Share #259 Posted September 10, 2016 Another shot of Patton wearing the 2nd Armored Division patch in 1941 Looks like a nice 'woolie' one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted December 4, 2016 Share #260 Posted December 4, 2016 A 72nd Tank Battalion 7th Infantry Division Tank Officer circa 1953 in Korea (Note the 72 on the Yellow portion). Looks also to have an early example of a Yellow w/ Green lettering Armor colored branch NAME tape there, and a 72 under his Armor branch collar insigina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tredhed2 Posted December 4, 2016 Share #261 Posted December 4, 2016 amd.jpg A 72nd Tank Battalion 7th Infantry Division Tank Officer circa 1953 in Korea (Note the 72 on the Yellow portion). Looks also to have an early example of a Yellow w/ Green lettering Armor colored branch NAME tape there, and a 72 under his Armor branch collar insigina. The 73rd Tank Bn supported the 7th ID during the Korean War. 72nd Tank Bn supported the 2nd ID at the time. It IS a nice pic for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted December 4, 2016 Share #262 Posted December 4, 2016 The 73rd Tank Bn supported the 7th ID during the Korean War. 72nd Tank Bn supported the 2nd ID at the time. It IS a nice pic for sure. Yes, my typo, I realized that now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowlofRice Posted February 6, 2017 Share #263 Posted February 6, 2017 Love this thread! Thought I'd post this here as it's somewhat appropriate. My friend found this shirt at the vintage store a while back; I recently came into possession of it. What's strange is that the Armored patch is on the chest despite it being a khaki shirt! I thought this practice was usually reserved for fatigue shirts. Has anyone else see something like this done? It should be noted that the patches appear to be all original to the shirt - no traces of prior insignia being removed. An even weirder thing is that there were KW ribbons and late 50's jump wings in the pocket, and they show clear traces of being worn above the right pocket. (The ribbons had two silver campaign stars that fell off, but they were the type where the stars were linked together). I put the ribbons back but I left the jump wings at my friend's house...Is this even legit? I can almost live with the Airborne/Cavalry patch combo, but being a Korean War vet in the late 50's-early 60's (note the AG chevrons) and never going past PFC, while also being Airborne qualified and wearing awards on the completely wrong side? It doesn't make any sense... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 6, 2017 Share #264 Posted February 6, 2017 Love this thread! Thought I'd post this here as it's somewhat appropriate. 1st cav shirt.jpg My friend found this shirt at the vintage store a while back; I recently came into possession of it. What's strange is that the Armored patch is on the chest despite it being a khaki shirt! I thought this practice was usually reserved for fatigue shirts. Has anyone else see something like this done? It should be noted that the patches appear to be all original to the shirt - no traces of prior insignia being removed. An even weirder thing is that there were KW ribbons and late 50's jump wings in the pocket, and they show clear traces of being worn above the right pocket. (The ribbons had two silver campaign stars that fell off, but they were the type where the stars were linked together). I put the ribbons back but I left the jump wings at my friend's house...Is this even legit? I can almost live with the Airborne/Cavalry patch combo, but being a Korean War vet in the late 50's-early 60's (note the AG chevrons) and never going past PFC, while also being Airborne qualified and wearing awards on the completely wrong side? It doesn't make any sense... My guess is the armor patch was put on there, the stripes and Cav patch A-OK, I say this as you will not see an Armor Triangle worn in this manner on a Khaki shirt not even in WWII. Ribbons and wings? probably just put in the pocket at the store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tredhed2 Posted February 6, 2017 Share #265 Posted February 6, 2017 My guess is the armor patch was put on there, the stripes and Cav patch A-OK, I say this as you will not see an Armor Triangle worn in this manner on a Khaki shirt not even in WWII. Ribbons and wings? probably just put in the pocket at the store. Well, 1/9 Cav was the Recon Sq for the 1st Cav Div, that's where the triangles with RCN come from.....maybe this one did not have the RCN added, and with what GIs got away with, this doesn't surprise me any at all. The shirt is definitely post WW II. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowlofRice Posted February 7, 2017 Share #266 Posted February 7, 2017 My guess is the armor patch was put on there, the stripes and Cav patch A-OK, I say this as you will not see an Armor Triangle worn in this manner on a Khaki shirt not even in WWII. Ribbons and wings? probably just put in the pocket at the store. The Armor patch is sewn on with exactly the same thread as the other patches, and looks like it's been there for a while. As for the ribbons and wings, yeah, maybe they were pinned on at some point but weren't there originally? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 7, 2017 Share #267 Posted February 7, 2017 The Armor patch is sewn on with exactly the same thread as the other patches, and looks like it's been there for a while. As for the ribbons and wings, yeah, maybe they were pinned on at some point but weren't there originally? I have no idea, however as we have seen time and again, there are a lot of odd ball uniform shirts and coats found in vintage stores and the like insignia wise, both cloth and pin on insignia which we say HUH! As for me, never seen a U.S. Army Khaki Dress Shirt long or short sleeve, WWII through the early 80s, or for that matter a OD Class A Four pocket coat or IKE jacket, or the AG44 Class A coat with a Armor Triangle sewn there in that spot where ribbons and qualification and skill badges go, to my mind it would be an unauthorized appication. If we see one period foto, then that can tell us, that it was done, but it would have to be a individual portrait or unit foto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 25, 2017 Share #268 Posted February 25, 2017 Found this great foto tonight, not so mush as a Armor Triangle on the Chest but one on the cap??? Sure looks like it right, miniature ones at that. A real curious one, now unless the unit is IDed wrong, these guys are of HHC 2nd Battalion 8th Cavalry in the ROK in 1964, and would be non mechanized ground RECON rather than Armored in ROAD Infantry Battalions. Their Camo uniforms are unique ROKA I suppose, but note too the band on the berets, look Yellow right? Yellow for Armor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Hate Moths Posted February 25, 2017 Share #269 Posted February 25, 2017 Here are two from my collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usaaf93 Posted February 27, 2017 Share #270 Posted February 27, 2017 Here is mine. I have not seen any 4th armored breast patch on this thread. I got this one from someone who does not collect so I believe it is 100% original Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tredhed2 Posted February 27, 2017 Share #271 Posted February 27, 2017 Here is mine. I have not seen any 4th armored breast patch on this thread. I got this one from someone who does not collect so I believe it is 100% original Is there a legible date inside the coveralls? The 4th AD patch appears to be a 50s version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usaaf93 Posted February 27, 2017 Share #272 Posted February 27, 2017 no unfortunately it is washed out. The HBT is a 2nd model coveralls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share #273 Posted March 6, 2017 Unnumbered Armor triangles worn by members of the 1st Medium Tank Battalion 34th Armor of the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Lewis, Washington - 1962 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrei Posted May 15, 2017 Share #274 Posted May 15, 2017 General Diego Brosset, 1st Division Française Libre, Italy 1944. Tanker on the left seems to be a french soldier wearing the armor triangle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted May 15, 2017 Author Share #275 Posted May 15, 2017 A cook in an unknown unit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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