Tom Pearcy Posted February 26, 2017 Share #1 Posted February 26, 2017 I am getting conflicting opinions about this, can someone please tell me what this patch dates? It does not glow under black light and the base cloth is Navy blue.Thanx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
268th C.A. Posted February 26, 2017 Share #2 Posted February 26, 2017 snowy white back, id say its WW2 era. But the 101st patches get deep....so many variations they write books about it...LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonomachi Posted February 26, 2017 Share #3 Posted February 26, 2017 The reference I have says Type 11 and post war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Pearcy Posted February 26, 2017 Author Share #4 Posted February 26, 2017 Can someone quote the text that states, specifically, that the Type 11 is post war? I do not own a copy. I was informed by someone who does, that Bando's Type 11, pictured in his guide, is attributed to a member of the 502nd. Is there an assumption that Type 11 is a post war production? Or, is it stated emphatically that all, 11-15, are post war? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamski Posted February 27, 2017 Share #5 Posted February 27, 2017 I believe this one to be post WWII with its 1950's era matching black twill..... -Ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Pearcy Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share #6 Posted February 27, 2017 Looks like Navy blue, not black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Pearcy Posted March 2, 2017 Author Share #7 Posted March 2, 2017 I have refereed this to Mark Bando. The patch in question was produced towards the end of the war through to the '50's. He has an example with WWII provenance. So... it could go either way as to the vintage of this patch. Mystery solved and thank you to all who commented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamski Posted March 2, 2017 Share #8 Posted March 2, 2017 I have refereed this to Mark Bando. The patch in question was produced towards the end of the war through to the '50's. He has an example with WWII provenance. So... it could go either way as to the vintage of this patch. Mystery solved and thank you to all who commented. We could get even more definitive if you could ask Mark if the WWII one he saw actually had black twill or Khaki/ OD backing. -Ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Pearcy Posted March 4, 2017 Author Share #9 Posted March 4, 2017 He has seen two of the same Type ( he can't remember if they were Type 4 or 10), but was told they came together from the same vet's family. Although the patches looked the same, one was bluish-purplish on the edges and the other was tan. This was the first time that he had seen a patch with that color on the edges definitely attributed to the WW2 era. However, he was not assured because one does not know 100% if the story is truthful or if a postwar substitution could have been added. He has gotten some blue tinged Type 10s from 101st vets who stayed in the Army until the 1960s, and they attributed those patches to the 1950s or 60s era, at Ft Campbell. He feels pretty sure the eagle patches with those purplish edges date to that period, and whether they existed during WW2 he is still not 100% convinced. So, I will concede that, without any provenance, my patch is post war with the slightest chance that it could be late war. We may never know for sure. In any case, it is still a very nice and seldom encountered variation. The edge on my patch is absolutely, for sure blue. not black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamski Posted March 5, 2017 Share #10 Posted March 5, 2017 Thanks for the follow up! It certainly helps us collectors to have that kind of intel! -Ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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