flashesandovals Posted October 2, 2014 Share #1 Posted October 2, 2014 Got this one in the mail the other day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X_redcatcher Posted October 2, 2014 Share #2 Posted October 2, 2014 nice one,,,I have it's twin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
36-tex Posted October 2, 2014 Share #3 Posted October 2, 2014 Bullion example Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted October 3, 2014 Share #4 Posted October 3, 2014 Post more, Post more of this type if you got them. Don't seem to find another topic that deals with this particular patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashesandovals Posted October 3, 2014 Author Share #5 Posted October 3, 2014 It's the only one I ever came across since I started collecting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PATCHRAT Posted October 3, 2014 Share #6 Posted October 3, 2014 here are mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashesandovals Posted October 3, 2014 Author Share #7 Posted October 3, 2014 I guess there must be many variations. Has there ever been a US made? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
36-tex Posted October 3, 2014 Share #8 Posted October 3, 2014 I have never seen a U.S. made one of these. Everyone I have ever seen was overseas made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyDevil117 Posted October 3, 2014 Share #9 Posted October 3, 2014 Nice patches! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted October 3, 2014 Share #10 Posted October 3, 2014 Here's one in action Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted October 3, 2014 Share #11 Posted October 3, 2014 One "U.S." made KCOMZ is seen in that Barry Stein book, it's fully embroidered, but I strongly suspect it is a total repro. Like wise a few can be seen on E-Bay that are machine embroidered on Felt, suspect these are repro too, bet the felt is modern poly based. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted October 3, 2014 Share #12 Posted October 3, 2014 Any one in the mood to buy one? Here's one for sale http://www.antiquerecon.com/usarmykoreakcomzpatch.aspx So what's your verdict, good or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashesandovals Posted October 3, 2014 Author Share #13 Posted October 3, 2014 Looks like it is the same manufacture as mine. I got mine in a small insignia lot on eBay not too long ago. The title nor the description mentioned the KCOMZ patch, so I assume the seller didn't know what he had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve B. Posted October 3, 2014 Share #14 Posted October 3, 2014 For the ignorant among us (such as myself), what does KCOMZ stand for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted October 3, 2014 Share #15 Posted October 3, 2014 For the ignorant among us (such as myself), what does KCOMZ stand for? Korean Communication Zone, this unit fullfilled the same kind of duties as the WWII era ETO Advance Base, and the Pacific Ocean Areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve B. Posted October 3, 2014 Share #16 Posted October 3, 2014 I suspected as much, but thanks for the confirmation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiaiokalewa Posted October 5, 2014 Share #17 Posted October 5, 2014 Sold here on the forum several years ago a variation hardly encountered for three or four hundred bucks. The only differences was that it had an integral "KOREA" rocker under the patch itself. It was an early Korean hand made patch with bullion details throughout. It was wider than the bullion example posted above and it was on a piece light green silk material rather than the dark green wool. I'll see if I still have an image of and post it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Scott Posted October 5, 2014 Share #18 Posted October 5, 2014 Patches the patch looks real in your link.Scotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted October 5, 2014 Share #19 Posted October 5, 2014 Patches the patch looks real in your link.Scotty Roger, thought it looked good, there are others though as mentioned floating around on E-Bay and elsewhere that look repro for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintageproductions Posted October 5, 2014 Share #20 Posted October 5, 2014 The one that is shown and listed on DJ Goodwin's website is a original one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted October 6, 2014 Share #21 Posted October 6, 2014 I got one for what it's worth, sewn on a HBT M43, Green Wool, hand sewn with what I think is White Cord or maybe thick thread, got a White HBT name tape over the left pocket, name of BERLIN, maybe he was related to Irving Berlin, nah also got the 1951 OD on Blue Twill PFC stripes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiaiokalewa Posted October 23, 2014 Share #22 Posted October 23, 2014 As promised. A really neat and rare variation of the first type KCOMZ patch. Never seen another. A few other KCOMZ patches. The jacket piece is a really neat one that I acquired recently. This might had been one of those "grasshopper" pilots or observers boys that had their jacket painted up by one of the many Korean artisans down in Pusan. By the way this jacket piece will be listed in the "For Sale" section of the forum this Saturday. Aloha, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted October 23, 2014 Share #23 Posted October 23, 2014 @ kiaiokalewa, nice stuff there, thanks for posting them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprite63 Posted October 26, 2014 Share #24 Posted October 26, 2014 Here' pics of mine collected at Sendai Japan 1952/1953... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted April 23, 2022 Share #25 Posted April 23, 2022 A good as place than any to post this, an IKE with the 2nd Pattern KCOMZ with a 2nd Logistical Command Combat patch, both Theater Made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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