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Cap patch? Something else? French Cockade


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Hello all

 

Would this be a cap patch or something else? I have had it in my collection for a while now but never figured out.

It's 1.4 inch wide and has the same colors as the Replacement Depot Patch so could it be a cap patch for this unit or am I way off?

Thanks for any insight.

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i believe it is what the french forces training in the USA wore as a cap device on their caps. It was also made by patch king and can be found in their albums that children collected during and after the war.

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This is the French cockade, not the American version used by the U.S. Army Air Service in WWI.

The difference being?

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So we can agree to the first conclusion of this patch being a patch king cap patch for the French Forces in the US?

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I also have one of these. Seems to be rather large for a cap. It was my understanding that they were worn above their unit/divisional SSI.

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