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Ranger and Tanker diamonds opinion please


Albert
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I am NOT a fan of either of them. The Rangers "3" is a fantasy piece. You can see the mesh backing coming through the backside of the patch.

 

The Tanker diamond looks Japanese made to me (which it shouldn't be).

 

Allan

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The Ranger diamond with the 3 is a KW era fantasy piece. They can be found with numbers 1-15 on them, because there were 15 Ranger companies activated during the KW. Some enterprising manufacturer made these up, probably with the anticipation they would be worn (think of the WW 2 V and XVIII Armored Corps patches). These “numbered” KW era Ranger diamonds have also been reproduced by those who know even less. The numerals on these are usually of Asian origin.

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I should add that many of the Ranger companies which served in Korea wore numbered WW 2 black red and white scrolls, not these jobbers. Those not in Korea (NG CONUS or occupied Germany) wore the red black and white scrolls w/o numbers, for the most part.

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