Patchcollector Posted March 31, 2016 Share #1 Posted March 31, 2016 Hi all, These don't show up very often so when I saw this one pop up on eBay I thought I would share it here.I'm no expert on these but it looks to be authentic,although I'll let the experts determine that The seller is also offering some other Korean War pieces that look pretty nice. Here is a link to the auction: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Korean-War-UNPLK-Patch-Removed-from-uniform/281983620974?_trksid=p2047675.c100010.m2109&_trkparms=aid%3D555012%26algo%3DPW.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D35828%26meid%3D970069f6725c44b28f5c3f295a3303ec%26pid%3D100010%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D24%26sd%3D191839091688 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchcollector Posted March 31, 2016 Author Share #2 Posted March 31, 2016 Back view Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarbridge Posted March 31, 2016 Share #3 Posted March 31, 2016 Looks good to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocsfollowme Posted March 31, 2016 Share #4 Posted March 31, 2016 everything that you want to see in one. I love it....beat up, but a good one. I was following it too. Worth a solid $350-400 in that condition as a place holder.Looks to be a UNPFK "with an F" but it is beat up. Could go more since these are hard to find and all hand made. On the reverse, it looks like the black thread may have been pulled out on the F. A good condition one can bring $600-750 on ebay. Sometimes higher. I think a dealer has one for $750-850 on ebay or their USMF sponsor site right now. For a great collection of them look at our fellow forums site http://www.botrmilitaria.com/#!8240th-army-unit-insignia--patches/cq0d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Scott Posted April 1, 2016 Share #5 Posted April 1, 2016 Everything is real and as right as rain.Its nice to see real uniform removed period pieces.Scotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchcollector Posted April 1, 2016 Author Share #6 Posted April 1, 2016 Thanks fellows for the confirmation and info.OCS,yes it could be a "F" that has a thread pulled.If that is the case,then that would make it an earlier version,IIRC.Funny thing though,the seller has it listed as an "UNPLK" patch I did see the collection of UNPIK and UNPFK patch images on the BOTR site,the variations shown there are a good reference that I will bookmark.Thanks for the heads up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchcollector Posted April 2, 2016 Author Share #7 Posted April 2, 2016 Just checked back on this piece,the auction ended with the patch going for US $533.00. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
34BDQ Posted April 2, 2016 Share #8 Posted April 2, 2016 This is a very reasonable price for this non swallow tail variant, which is far less common than the swallow tail version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torch03 Posted April 3, 2016 Share #9 Posted April 3, 2016 I was watching that patch as well. I thought it would bring more than it did and ended at a very reasonable price. It's nice to see a well worn/used one, which are my personal favorites. This non swallow tall version is much scarcer than the swallow tail version that you normally see. I think this patch started out its life as a UNPFK patch. The horizontal portions of the "F" could have been plucked out by it's original owner when the unit designation changed from UNPFK to UNPIK. ocsfollowme mentioned my 8240th AU website. Here's a link to the page: http://www.botrmilitaria.com/#!the-8240th-au/c1mj8 For those on Facebook and interested in the Unit check out/like my 8240th AU Facebook page which I update/add content to daily: https://www.facebook.com/8240thAU/ Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted April 7, 2016 Share #10 Posted April 7, 2016 Great looking patch. One day you will be mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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