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Devil patch, is it military?


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I found this patch this morning mixed in with a bunch of Navy stuff from WWII and Korea at a garage sale. It was only a couple bucks so I figure I would take a shot. Any thoughts?

 

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I've seen a couple of different versions of this patch, but so far I have not been able to ID it. Did you ask the people running the garage sale? What kind of Navy stuff was with it? Any clues may help. Jeffro

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BigDogMilitaria

I made a return trip to see if they dug anything else out. It was actually an estate sale, ran by a company. They didnt know anything of the military service.

 

There was a Navy Uniform with an Amphibious Forces patch (stripped other than the patch and they wanted $100 so i had to pass). The man served on the USS Chilton, and there was a large framed picture of the ship. And some stateside pics of men in their Navy whites, etc.

 

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back of the patch, i did a black light test, nothing glows on the front or the back.

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lastly, there was a small photo grouping of a Marine with a different last name. I picked that up. His name is Ted E Swarsk

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Hello:

 

It was interesting seeing your patch. I posted a photo of a patch that I have with the identical design. I found it with some naval sweetheart jewelry and a pair of naval air crew wings. Maybe we're starting to narrow down the search for an id. Attached is a picture of my patch.

 

 

 

 

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That is interesting. Everything is pointing towards a Navy connection. I was afraid it was going to be sports related but now I'm feeling better about it. I'm hoping one of our experts will recognize it.

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I've already exhausted all of my known reference material and websites. If you know of others I'd be glad to check them. As far as it being a sports patch my patch came out of an estate sale in Western PA.

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I have a theory.

 

The patch you are showing looks like it is fairly recently produced.

 

The design looks identical to the wartime patch.

 

I am wondering if the one you have is a post war reunion patch? Very common to find such a thing among vet's estate items.

 

Don't get me wrong... I think that linked to every thing else you have from this person that it still has value.

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The character reminds me of something from Buck Rogers or Flash Gordon comics from the 1940s which would fit the aviation connection possibly. Jeffro

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Buck Rogers or Flash Gordon. I had some one look at mine and say from the way it was made it could even be pre wwII. As time goes by i am afraid the ID may be lost to history

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