rd12 Posted November 14, 2021 Share #201 Posted November 14, 2021 That’s neat. I haven’t seen badges sewn on like that before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPage Posted December 7, 2021 Share #202 Posted December 7, 2021 I was curious what you all think of this one. There are two different types of thread involved - light green on the Army tape and Americal patch, and dark green on the name tape, Med command patch and CMB. That to me seems suspicious. Also - there's a very vague shadow where the rank was, and it's about 1 1/2" by 1 3/4". I don't have any rank patches that large on the other BDU's that I have; they're all trimmed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewart Posted December 8, 2021 Share #203 Posted December 8, 2021 I’m sure known faker Treesuit was using a light green thread on his repatches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted December 8, 2021 Share #204 Posted December 8, 2021 I think the BDU in post #202 is fine. If I was a fake artist and I as going to go to through the trouble of dummying up a uniform, I would find a more exciting combination of patches. Why waste your time on a Medical Service Corps uniform when you could be cranking out an Airborne Ranger / MP / Tank Killer? The large shadow for rank could be for a full Colonel if I had to guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPage Posted December 9, 2021 Share #205 Posted December 9, 2021 15 hours ago, Ewart said: known faker Treesuit THAT's good to know.... 14 hours ago, gwb123 said: I think the BDU in post #202 is fine. If I was a fake artist and I as going to go to through the trouble of dummying up a uniform, I would find a more exciting combination of patches. Why waste your time on a Medical Service Corps uniform when you could be cranking out an Airborne Ranger / MP / Tank Killer? The large shadow for rank could be for a full Colonel if I had to guess. Just kind of odd that there's different stitching on a couple things... Is there a database where I can narrow down the ID on a possible Colonel Harris? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewart Posted December 9, 2021 Share #206 Posted December 9, 2021 Here is a thread on OEF/OIF about fake BDU/DCU’s [url]https://oefoif.forumotion.net/t6932-treesuit-taskforce-hunter-gulfwar83[/url] it could be that the US Army has been added, although I suppose you’d add the rank as well if you were faking it. There can’t be too many medical officers with that combination of units. Vietnam vet with the 23rd ID I’d just use search terms on Google around the name, BOS and units. Something drops about 40% of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Quarter Posted December 9, 2021 Share #207 Posted December 9, 2021 Is the Med Command patch upside down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPage Posted December 9, 2021 Share #208 Posted December 9, 2021 5 minutes ago, No Quarter said: Is the Med Command patch upside down? No, it's right-side up. It gets confused with a similar design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Quarter Posted December 9, 2021 Share #209 Posted December 9, 2021 Picked this one up in a shop on Yadkin Road right outside the Bragg gate a few days ago. Jacob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPage Posted December 9, 2021 Share #210 Posted December 9, 2021 5 hours ago, Ewart said: Here is a thread on OEF/OIF about fake BDU/DCU’s [url]https://oefoif.forumotion.net/t6932-treesuit-taskforce-hunter-gulfwar83[/url] it could be that the US Army has been added, although I suppose you’d add the rank as well if you were faking it. There can’t be too many medical officers with that combination of units. Vietnam vet with the 23rd ID I’d just use search terms on Google around the name, BOS and units. Something drops about 40% of the time. Americal is different thread as well. 💩 Non-militaria seller stated in the listing that he didn't know if it was put together or not. When I asked if he had any info about the coat, he related that he didn't know if it was put together or not. Don't know why he keeps volunteering that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLegGI Posted December 16, 2021 Share #211 Posted December 16, 2021 On 12/9/2021 at 11:58 AM, MPage said: Americal is different thread as well. 💩 Non-militaria seller stated in the listing that he didn't know if it was put together or not. When I asked if he had any info about the coat, he related that he didn't know if it was put together or not. Don't know why he keeps volunteering that... Who is the seller? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPage Posted December 17, 2021 Share #212 Posted December 17, 2021 18 hours ago, RedLegGI said: Who is the seller? An ordinary yard-sale type of seller. Said he was selling things that a deceased relative had accumulated. EDIT: OK - this came up in his seller feedback...Evidently he had another nicer one that he had sold and didn't mention for some reason. Anyway, the veteran evidently was indeed a colonel.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Grunt Posted December 17, 2021 Share #213 Posted December 17, 2021 On 7/4/2015 at 2:36 PM, WAHOOMAN said: https://www.dvidshub.net/video/94803/lt-col-john-knightstep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPage Posted December 23, 2021 Share #214 Posted December 23, 2021 Do any of you gents ever 'restore' a coat with pin-on rank (that you know to be missing)? I'm thinking of doing it, but am conflicted on the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Quarter Posted December 25, 2021 Share #215 Posted December 25, 2021 On 12/23/2021 at 7:47 AM, MPage said: Do any of you gents ever 'restore' a coat with pin-on rank (that you know to be missing)? I'm thinking of doing it, but am conflicted on the issue. I don't see any harm in that. If you decide to sell it one day, I would disclose that the pins aren't original to the jacket to the seller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird collector Posted January 7, 2022 Share #216 Posted January 7, 2022 Picked up a couple dcu's and bdu's recently, but this one is my favorite so far. Really love the 1st ID and 3rd ID patch combo, it shows alot character aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted January 7, 2022 Share #217 Posted January 7, 2022 5 hours ago, Thunderbird collector said: Picked up a couple dcu's and bdu's recently, but this one is my favorite so far. Really love the 1st ID and 3rd ID patch combo, it shows alot character aswell. Right as rain. Typical color fade from use in the field and also depending on how it was washed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird collector Posted January 11, 2022 Share #218 Posted January 11, 2022 Here's another, dated 1999 and has some repairs on it. Really love collecting 3rd infantry divison bdu's and dcu's, especially when they have a cib. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird collector Posted January 15, 2022 Share #219 Posted January 15, 2022 Final one. A really nice drill sergeant 25th ID dcu with CIB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPage Posted May 8, 2022 Share #220 Posted May 8, 2022 In looking at a BDU coat that I have, I noticed that the Pathfinder badge has a sort of golden-brown thread for the flame, as opposed to the other ones I have which instead use light green thread. Does anyone else have an example like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASMIC2971 Posted May 9, 2022 Share #221 Posted May 9, 2022 I like the BDU uniform a lot, especially combat patched ones. This is one of the top ten BDU uniforms in my collection, and it’s more than just the physical uniform why it is. Otto Lerdtadsin was born in Thailand, eventually settling in the United States where he joined the Army, serving as a Petroleum Specialist going from lower enlisted until his retirement as a Platoon Sergeant in Korea, in 2014. Tragically SFC Lerdtadsin passed away in 2015 of unknown causes. For his obituary the family choose a photo of him in uniform. If you notice the camo patterns you will see that it’s the same uniform as the one in my collection. After locating his obituary I was in a quandary, 7th ID combat patch but no mention of service there. I found a LinkedIn page for him that had him in the army from 1994-2014 which matched with his retirement timeline but still left out Panama service. Further research lead to a small deployment to Iraq c. 2003/4 of the 7th ID, so boom he had to have been on that deployment I figured. While crushed it wasn’t an example of a Panama vet I found solace in thinking he was a member of that small Iraq deployment. Here’s where the story gets interesting. I posted this uniform on another site, Others on this site chimed in to corroborate the 7th ID deployment to Iraq, but more importantly another collector posted his DCU uniforms and other items, none of them were for the 7th ID aside from a combat patch. Almost instantaneously another member of the site jumped into the discussion, and get this, because he was Otto Lerdtadsin’s roommate in the barracks at Ft. Campbell in the early 1990s just after Desert Storm. This person confirmed he was a Panama and Desert Storm vet. Talk about a wild ride, and great teamwork between collectors and veterans to help tell this guys story, and that’s why it’s such a neat piece to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPage Posted May 22, 2022 Share #222 Posted May 22, 2022 This BDU coat actually belonged to a WWII vet who later served in Korea with the 45th Division! It originally had pin-on ranks (MSG). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd12 Posted May 22, 2022 Share #223 Posted May 22, 2022 10 minutes ago, MPage said: This BDU coat actually belonged to a WWII vet who later served in Korea with the 45th Division! It originally had pin-on ranks (MSG). With BDUs coming out in 1981 this guy would have had 40+ years of service! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collectsmedals Posted May 22, 2022 Share #224 Posted May 22, 2022 I do not normally collect BDUs, but this one was part of a set of uniforms I picked up at an antique mall a few years ago. The uniforms are from an Army Medical Service Corps Colonel. The BDUs have the name Garrett over the pocket and the Class A uniform has a name plate that also says Garrett. There are First Army patches in the left shoulders. Based on the ribbons on the Blues and the Class A uniforms he served in the reserves in the 1980s. Unfortunately that is all I have been able to find out about him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted May 23, 2022 Share #225 Posted May 23, 2022 On 11/11/2021 at 9:08 AM, otter42 said: Short lived BDU shirt, 1972 dated. Catching this late. Isn't this an RDF-ERDL jacket? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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