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I know the 101st and 17th are British made.

Where were the rest of them made and when?

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No, not "all" black backs are British made, and not all British made fully embroidered patch are black back.

 

Some early WWII and post WWII US made patches have black blacks (oh which the 27th Div patch shown above is almost certainly an example of).

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I have a black backed Flying Cadet patch that I can positively guarantee that it was made in the US during early WW2.

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What I can see from this picture:

- 29th (as David D said), 101st (and tab), 17th (and tab) and the two 34th : British made - WW2-era

- 35th, 27th (as Vance stated) and 86th (as tredhed2 stated) : US made

- 30th : German made - very likely just after VE-day

 

H.

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What I can see from this picture:

- 29th (as David D said), 101st (and tab), 17th (and tab) and the two 34th : British made - WW2-era

- 35th, 27th (as Vance stated) and 86th (as tredhed2 stated) : US made

- 30th : German made - very likely just after VE-day

 

H.

 

Why do you think the 30th was German made?

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Why do you think the 30th was German made?

 

Do hou have a copy of my book WW2 US made fully machine-embroidered cut edge SSI? I made a study on those specific embroideries of both the 30th and 76th Inf Div black back patches. It illustrates that there's a very good chance they were manufactured in Germany right after VE- day.

 

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Do hou have a copy of my book WW2 US made fully machine-embroidered cut edge SSI? I made a study on those specific embroideries of both the 30th and 76th Inf Div black back patches. It illustrates that there's a very good chance they were manufactured in Germany right after VE- day.

 

H.

 

Sounds like you did an excellent job sorting them out. What is your book called?

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Once again, not all blackbacks are WWII. I have to add that in there.

 

-Ski

 

I'm sure you are correct, but for the life of me I can't think of any. Which ones come to mind?

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I'm sure you are correct, but for the life of me I can't think of any. Which ones come to mind?

Here are a couple examples. There were some 1950's era US made patches that had black backs. Not too common, but they are out there.

 

-Ski

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I'm sure you are correct, but for the life of me I can't think of any. Which ones come to mind?

 

Next to the 30th here above, I mentioned the 76th ID

 

 

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