WWI & WWII Patch Blankets

[firefighter]

The 82nd does look kind of cool with the red AIRBORNE tab.

[natebazooka]

My great grandma put this together during the war years - the story, which seems to be confirmed by a newspaper article from just after the war, was that she boarded soldiers (and previously students) in her house, and would send care packages of cookies/cakes to anyone who would send her a patch. I always thought it was the coolest thing in the world, and have been recently trying to figure out a bit more about it. I'm working on a spreadsheet to identify them all, and came across this site. Still early going on that, here's the quilt -

 

 

and another album I've been working off of with the images all oriented with the eagle from the EGA in the middle upright

http://imgur.com/a/Nog9P

[doyler]

What an amazing patch blanket.

 

A real work of art.

 

Thanks for posting

[Teamski]

Pretty slick!!!

 

-Ski