doughboy Posted December 19, 2015 Share #1 Posted December 19, 2015 Hi, I have a question on a US Forces Austria Bullion.I tried to find out more info but without any result and when you see pictures of the US Army Austria you see always the regular patch worn on the uniform.Does anyone of you know, was that patch ever worn on occupation duty in Austria and what unit wore this patch.Any help would be appreciated.Thanks. doughboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Devil Posted December 19, 2015 Share #2 Posted December 19, 2015 Beautiful patch! I've always understood that it was one of a number of private purchase patch variations that could be worn by servicemen and women as allowed locally by their units. There were a number of units stationed there that would have worn the USFA patch. Check out this link--the site does a great job with the history of this occupation force and lists the many units that rotated under its purview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tredhed2 Posted December 19, 2015 Share #3 Posted December 19, 2015 I have seen one or two of these for sale on Ikes....and as Red Devil says, there were any number of units which may have had individual GIs wear this patch. Here's mine, a little different than yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X_redcatcher Posted December 19, 2015 Share #4 Posted December 19, 2015 nice patch, and yes I have seen it worn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doughboy Posted December 19, 2015 Author Share #5 Posted December 19, 2015 Thank you for your help and the Link - it's really a good source. doughboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gomorgan Posted December 20, 2015 Share #6 Posted December 20, 2015 Great link, I remember as a child writing my uncle in Vienna when he served there with an MP unit and still have the patch he mailed me home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stony Posted September 19, 2022 Share #7 Posted September 19, 2022 Here is my USFA patch. Same construction as doughboy's example, but different. wording. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ndRanger44 Posted October 25, 2022 Share #8 Posted October 25, 2022 very cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stony Posted October 25, 2022 Share #9 Posted October 25, 2022 On 12/19/2015 at 4:43 PM, gomorgan said: Great link, I remember as a child writing my uncle in Vienna when he served there with an MP unit and still have the patch he mailed me home. Do you have a picture of the patch you could post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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