easterneagle87 Posted October 1, 2020 Share #1 Posted October 1, 2020 Wondering what the forum's thoughts are on this Post Ww2 5th AF Ike. I think the 5th AF patch is a good, far East made example of what would become a great patch industry for years to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamarhooten Posted October 2, 2020 Share #2 Posted October 2, 2020 Very late transitional uniform maybe? Good looking theater made patch! I have a patched up (both shoulders) blue Air Force Ike jackets that are for prior Army service. Might be the soldier could not get the new 'Blues" but could get the new rank patches. All just my 2 cents worth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray42 Posted October 2, 2020 Share #3 Posted October 2, 2020 If I am correct there were a number of early transitional periods with the air force uniforms, very early uniforms such as this can be found where they used the new ranks but had not yet adopted the blue uniform so they still wore the army green ikes. Then once the air force adopted their blue uniforms there was a period of time where they could still wear shoulder patches. There are some great threads on the subjects if you search for transitional air force uniforms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntssurplus Posted October 2, 2020 Share #4 Posted October 2, 2020 These transitional Air Force Ikes are more common then one would think.I see them all the time. these usually date late 40's-50's. I don't see any problem with this ike. Hunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted October 2, 2020 Author Share #5 Posted October 2, 2020 I liked the patch right off of the bat and the way the uniform is set up. I didn't have any issues with it, just the price at $125. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntssurplus Posted October 2, 2020 Share #6 Posted October 2, 2020 1 hour ago, easterneagle87 said: I liked the patch right off of the bat and the way the uniform is set up. I didn't have any issues with it, just the price at $125. Way overpriced. I wouldn't buy 5 of these for that price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray42 Posted October 2, 2020 Share #7 Posted October 2, 2020 Agreed 125 is way too much. That is an awesome patch but I have picked up the green AF ikes for between .99 and $10 of ebay a couple times. I think most of the value would be in the patch so I would base what you are willing to pay off that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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