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easterneagle87

Adding to the thread, here are two photos offered up on ebay right now.  Seller has a bunch more, but these caught my eye with the insignia. 

Austrian MP Army 1.jpg

Austrian MP Army car.jpg

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5 hours ago, easterneagle87 said:

Adding to the thread, here are two photos offered up on ebay right now.  Seller has a bunch more, but these caught my eye with the insignia. 

Austrian MP Army 1.jpg

Austrian MP Army car.jpg

 

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3 hours ago, Stony said:

Looked for these on ebay. Any link you could give us?

 

Thanks!

 

 

 I should've added the seller and id #'s. I just typed in US Army Austria and scrolled down and there they were. 

the seller is;  cakecooker101 

Car: 255388547959 

MP Office front: 255388523531

 

They seem pretty proud of their stuff at $25 a photo. 

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Very neat photographs.  

 

Here is a nice late USFA named grouping to an Engineer.  Notice this Ike has the small rank chevrons.

 

 

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USFA Cpl jacket close.JPG

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USFA Cpl combat patch.JPG

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3 hours ago, tredhed2 said:

Here's a very plain direct embr USFA tab on an Ike (right sleeve):

USFA 11.jpg

I've not seen this style before. Looks like the soldier did it themselves. 

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1 hour ago, Stony said:

I've not seen this style before. Looks like the soldier did it themselves. 

There is a 66th ID on the other sleeve w/ a direct embr unit scroll

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easterneagle87

Post war Europe is a fascinating time. Army units that had flair and great insignia (US Berlin, Constabulary, Austria Occup., etc) This is a great thread and cool rabbit hole to look into.  Here are two bullion patches being offered by the same seller (platoon317) on ebay right now.  

Aust GEr 1.jpg

Aust GEr 2.jpg

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19 minutes ago, easterneagle87 said:

Post war Europe is a fascinating time. Army units that had flair and great insignia (US Berlin, Constabulary, Austria Occup., etc) This is a great thread and cool rabbit hole to look into.  Here are two bullion patches being offered by the same seller (platoon317) on ebay right now.  

Aust GEr 1.jpg

Aust GEr 2.jpg

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Hi Sarge & Easterneagle,

 

Hope these couple of patches fall into your criteria for this thread.

 

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regards lewis.

 

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Actually, the Constab patch was not worn by the either the 4th or 24th Constab Sqs. Both wore the USFA patch. 24th Sq wore the Constab patch upon being transferred to Herzfeld, Germany 1949. The 4th was inactivated in Austria 1949.
 

Your Tact Cmd Austria is a rare one for the series, which is extensive. ASMIC pubbed an article on these patches in The Trading Post (Apr Jun 2020)

 

 

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1 hour ago, easterneagle87 said:

Those are awesome!!

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Hi easterneagle,

 

Thanks, think I bought them when I had a period of collecting bullion patches.

 

regards lewis.

 

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34 minutes ago, tredhed2 said:

Actually, the Constab patch was not worn by the either the 4th or 24th Constab Sqs. Both wore the USFA patch. 24th Sq wore the Constab patch upon being transferred to Herzfeld, Germany 1949. The 4th was inactivated in Austria 1949.
 

Your Tact Cmd Austria is a rare one for the series, which is extensive. ASMIC pubbed an article on these patches in The Trading Post (Apr Jun 2020)

 

 

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Hi tredhed

 

Thanks,  much more than I knew about them.

 

regards lewis.

 

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On 9/23/2022 at 3:18 AM, ASMIC2971 said:

Very possible some of the examples shown in this thread may have originated out of this shop. 

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Isn't it funny - I live literally round the corner and almost certainly have a number of patches that were made there...

 

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1 hour ago, mortaydc60 said:

anted to add some that were in my collectionW

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Very nice! We lived in Salzburg when my dad was stationed there in the 50s.

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On 9/25/2022 at 9:24 PM, easterneagle87 said:

Post war Europe is a fascinating time. Army units that had flair and great insignia (US Berlin, Constabulary, Austria Occup., etc) This is a great thread and cool rabbit hole to look into.  Here are two bullion patches being offered by the same seller (platoon317) on ebay right now.  

Aust GEr 1.jpg

Aust GEr 2.jpg

I bought this patch on ebay a few month ago - it got lost on transit - very bad ...

 

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On 10/3/2022 at 6:35 PM, mortaydc60 said:

anted to add some that were in my collectionW

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I have the last two in my collection. Really nice theater made ones

 

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On 9/23/2022 at 3:18 AM, ASMIC2971 said:

Very possible some of the examples shown in this thread may have originated out of this shop. 

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this book is awesome! Never seen before ... - there is still so much USFA Stuff out there to collect for me ...

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My most recent acquisition.

 

This image is straight up on my desktop, but only posts in this configuration. If I change the image on my desktop, it still leans left. 

Anyone know why? Thanks!

 

 

USFA patch.jpg

USFA patch.jpg

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