501stGeronimo Posted May 31, 2014 Picked this up off of fleabay, came from the breakup grouping of Major General Geoffrey Keyes. Sadly the rest was broken up by the time I got home to bid on this badge. The back shows that it appears to have been made to sew onto a uniform. Measures 2.25 inches. Im excited to get this in the mail! USMF'S LEADING COLLECTOR OF USAAF BLUE BACK WINGS LOOKING TO BUY SINGLES, ON UNIFORMS, OR COLLECTIONS ALONG WITH AIRBORNE TROOP CARRIER TENNESSEE MILITARY COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION BE SURE TO LEAVE FEEDBACK ON ME: http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/134393-501stgeronimo/?hl=501stgeronimo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gunbunnyB/3/75FA Posted May 31, 2014 its a shame that groupings like that have to get broken up, but at least its going to a good home. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GIl Sanow Posted May 31, 2014 If it is that large, it is not for a uniform -- it was made for an officer's chevrac (saddle blanket)! Nice score. G Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lovmilinsig Posted May 31, 2014 Congrats on your very nice badge !!! Ed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roadrunner Posted September 13, 2014 Hello A very interesting item. At Emerson's HP you find following information about chevracs. http://emersoninsignia.net/files/Download/20Chevracs.pdf information about LG Keyes http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Keyes HAVE A NICE DAY Michael I'm searching for my collection:White House Service badge and certificatePresidential Service and Vice Presidential Service badges and certificatesArmy Staff (former General Staff) badge, certificate and collar insignia, DoD and JCS badgesAide de Camp collar insignia ( Army, USAF, USMC ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
12A54 Posted September 13, 2014 Chevracs. Never heard of these things. Thanks for posting this - always learning something new on this forum! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patchcollector Posted September 13, 2014 Very cool and unusual.I like it! High Flight Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth And danced the skies on laughter-silver wings; Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hovering there I've chased the shouting wind along and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air. Up, up the long delirious, burning blue I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace, where never lark, or even eagle flew; and while, with silent, lifting mind I've trod The high untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand, and touched the face of God. John Gillespie Magee, Jr. June 9, 1922 – December 11, 1941 " And each man stands with his face in the light of his own drawn sword. Ready to do what a hero can." - Elizabeth Barrett Browning Don't let the B@stards wear you down -"Vinegar" Joe Stillwell Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world.Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to themselves.All progress, therefore, depends on unreasonable people. George Bernard Shaw " Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining" , Fletcher,from the movie "The outlaw Josey Wales" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roadrunner Posted July 1, 2017 I found a picture at the Library of Congress shows Major General Hugh L. Scott Chief of Staff Date 1915 http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/hec2008003099/ It is the first time I see a General Staff chevrac "in action". Other versions of the General Staff chevracs are shown in the pictures from my collection at #37 and #39 http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/203953-general-staff-collar-insignia/page-2 Michael . I'm searching for my collection:White House Service badge and certificatePresidential Service and Vice Presidential Service badges and certificatesArmy Staff (former General Staff) badge, certificate and collar insignia, DoD and JCS badgesAide de Camp collar insignia ( Army, USAF, USMC ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roadrunner Posted July 1, 2017 detail . I'm searching for my collection:White House Service badge and certificatePresidential Service and Vice Presidential Service badges and certificatesArmy Staff (former General Staff) badge, certificate and collar insignia, DoD and JCS badgesAide de Camp collar insignia ( Army, USAF, USMC ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ranger-1972 Posted September 2, 2019 What's interesting about this photo is that MG Scott is wearing the M1902 full-dress uniform for mounted officers, M1902 officer's saber, and the M1912 hat (with the wider crown), but he is wearing the M1872 version of a general officer's sword belt -- with the long strap from the center of the back of the belt and a short strap on the left side. Along with the M1902 uniform & saber was the M1902 sword belt -- which had a long & a short strap (fastened side by side) -- worn on the left hip. As a general officer, Scott was able to design his own uniform. First time I've seen the M1872 belt worn with a M1902 uniform. Also, this is a great closeup of the full-dress sword knot for general officers -- which is distinctly different from the sword knot for all other officers. Seems he has the field version of the saddle cloth, rather than the dress version -- even though he is wearing his full-dress uniform. The stars and the General Staff chevrac appear to be in a subdued finish, rather than bright silver for the stars and colored enamel for the GS insignia (as shown in the example at the top of this post). I would guess that this photo was taken on Ft Myer, VA, near Quarters #1 (General Leonard Wood was the first Army Chief of Staff to live there, beginning in 1910. Every Army Chief of Staff since then has lived there.) MG Scott lived there from 1914-1917. Interestingly, MG Scott personally negotiated the end of the Bluff War in Utah (March 1915), one of the last fights with native Americans involving the US Army. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
