101st MP battalion badge and collar brass

[jerseyshoreed]

Picked up from a son of a WW2 Army MP vet

[JerseyDevil117]

WOW!!! I love the collar disc and the pocket patch!!! rare stuff.

[Jay V]

Nice score.Could you please post a bigger picture of the badge? Thanks Jay

[jerseyshoreed]

[Johan Willaert]

Nice! What era are these? Were the yellow and green discs used in WW2?

[jerseyshoreed]

This badge and collar brass date to about 1941. In 1942 the 101st was broken up , two of its companies went to Italy while the others went to Australia with Mcarthur

[Johan Willaert]

Thanks

[Jay V]

Thanks for the extra photos.Its sure is a nice looking grouping, hopefully someday I can be that lucky.Thanks for sharing,Jay

[jerseyshoreed]

No problem Jay , I knew when I saw it I had to get it. I haven't seen too much on this unit . Also I'm from NJ and that's where they were formed at FT Dix training the 44th division

[cavcon]

Very nice.. A good friend of mine was with the 101st MP Bn. in Italy in 44/45 era. He wore the African Theater patch which was also painted on the front of his helmet.

[jerseyshoreed]

Cool ! Do you have any pictures of him?

[Patchcollector]

Neat stuff!Thanks for sharing!

[MP25]

I realize your post is a little old, but I still would like to provide some additional information on this fantastic group.

This group is post WWII. The 101st MP Bn. was redesignated as the 503rd MP Bn. in June of 1946. The 101st MP

Bn. was re-activated in December, 1947 as part of the NY Nat'l Guard. That is when these items date to. When

the unit was re-activated, they adopted the Military Police branch colors for all of their MP gear - totally non regulation.

I have no idea how long they were able to get by with this before the brass put an end to it. Here are some items

from an identified group I have from the 101st.

 

 

 

 

[cavcon]

Great photos.. Thanks for posting!

[firefighter]

Nice rare grouping