Dogsbody Posted February 18, 2020 Share #1 Posted February 18, 2020 Hi everyone, I'm a bit out of depth here regarding this patch (I normally don't collect post war patches) but the reason for adding it to my collection is the WW2 connection to my hometown Venlo in the Netherlands. After its liberation in 1945 US forces took over the former German airfield (Fliegerhorst Venlo became 'Yankee 55' also known as 'Venlo Hilton' because of its poor living conditions) and the 596th Bombardment Squadron was one of the units stationed there for a short period. At that time they flew B26 Marauders Do you think this is a genuine patch or is it perhaps a commercially manufactured copy? I believe the design of the patch dates to 1963 when the 596th was reactivated. Rene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsbody Posted February 18, 2020 Author Share #2 Posted February 18, 2020 Hi everyone, I'm a bit out of depth here regarding this patch (I normally don't collect post war patches) but the reason for adding it to my collection is the WW2 connection to my hometown Venlo in the Netherlands. After its liberation in 1945 US forces took over the former German airfield (Fliegerhorst Venlo became 'Yankee 55' also known as 'Venlo Hilton' because of its poor living conditions) and the 596th Bombardment Squadron was one of the units stationed there for a short period. At that time they flew B26 Marauders Do you think this is a genuine patch or is it perhaps a commercially manufactured copy? I believe the design of the patch dates to 1963 when the 596th was reactivated. SAM_8447.jpg Rene Continued Rene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wake1941 Posted February 18, 2020 Share #3 Posted February 18, 2020 Sorry looks like a reproduction to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der Finn Posted February 19, 2020 Share #4 Posted February 19, 2020 Why in the world would anyone reproduce this patch, Wake1941? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wake1941 Posted February 19, 2020 Share #5 Posted February 19, 2020 Why in the world would anyone reproduce this patch, Wake1941? Search it on eBay, half are fake that are listed. To answer your question they will fake anything to make a buck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der Finn Posted February 19, 2020 Share #6 Posted February 19, 2020 Wow! Never would have thought a patch like this would be reproduced. Thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wake1941 Posted February 19, 2020 Share #7 Posted February 19, 2020 No problem Im shocked myself, there are high quality repros of rare patches along with copies of $10-20 patches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsbody Posted February 19, 2020 Author Share #8 Posted February 19, 2020 Sorry looks like a reproduction to me Thanks for responding, Wake. Just out of curiosity: what is it that gives this patch away as a copy/repro? Rene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Scott Posted February 19, 2020 Share #9 Posted February 19, 2020 I think the patch is real because I do not think the fakers would use the canvas type material which is the backing for the shoulder title area and the lower portion back of the one that started this post.Ron Burkey has a unissued clean one on his site with the same backing as the one shown scan attached. Just My Opinion. Scotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wake1941 Posted February 19, 2020 Share #10 Posted February 19, 2020 The 2 patches shown above are completely different from each other. Here is a repro on eBay of the patch above that is identical, if you check out the sellers other patches they are all made the same way. eBay item number 132944239570 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Scott Posted February 19, 2020 Share #11 Posted February 19, 2020 I stand corrected you are correct and I am wrong.Thanks for the item number it helped a lot.scotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wake1941 Posted February 20, 2020 Share #12 Posted February 20, 2020 I stand corrected you are correct and I am wrong.Thanks for the item number it helped a lot.scotty If a collector/dealer knew everything about all patches would this hobby be any fun ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted February 24, 2020 Share #13 Posted February 24, 2020 Late to the conversation, but as stated already the OP patch is a repro. Why would anyone repro a fairly common patch? Because they are not collectors and latch on to the big, colorful, or whatever "cool" ones they see pop up. And they are getting better at it, but I don't think they will truly get there. Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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