INTERWAR SSI -1920 to 1940 Shoulder Sleeve Insignia Post yours here

[tredhed2]

I'll join in h the fun. Here are some interwar Army (unit) patches - 4th, 5th and 6th.

 

 

 

[tredhed2]

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CAC School

 

39th CAC Regt

 

Here are some Corps - 1st Corps, 3rd Corps Arty, 6th, 7th, 11th and 12th.

Roman numerals were not used to connote Corps until WW 2.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Salvage Sailor]

Interwar patches from the Territory of Hawaii

 

Hawaiian Department (No-So Shoulder Sleeve Insignia Attaching System)

 

 

 

Interwar Hawaiian Division (No-So Shoulder Sleeve Insignia Attaching System)

 

 

 

Another No-So version of the Hawaiian Division

 

 

 

Hawaiian Coast Artillery Brigade, all Felt

 

 

 

Hawaiian Coast Artillery Brigade (No-So Shoulder Sleeve Insignia Attaching System)

 

 

 

Hawaiian Coast Artillery Brigade

 

 

 

64th Coast Artillery, Fort Shafter, T.H. (Pennant felt patch)

 

 

64th CAC Uniform with HD patch

 

 

 

 

Period Photo:  Sembler 21st Infantry Regiment athletic patch in wear

 

 

3rd Engineer Regiment 'The Beavers'

 

 

 

 

 

 

11th Medical Regiment, Hawaiian Division

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[tredhed2]

Your 64th CAC Regt is only the second one I have seen in 60+ years. The other is in the Chet Burger Collection at NYPL and it is on twill. 

[tredhed2]

Here are some more...

 

Hawaiian Dept, Panama Dept Panama Hellgate and two Philippines Dept - the second is on denim.

 

 

 

 

 

[Salvage Sailor]

Panama you say.....

 

2nd Field Artillery

 

 

33rd Infantry Regiment

 

 

4th Artillery Regiment

 

 

 

Another Sembler

5th Transportation Battalion

 

 

 

[Salvage Sailor]

47 minutes ago, tredhed2 said:

Your 64th CAC Regt is only the second one I have seen in 60+ years. The other is in the Chet Burger Collection at NYPL and it is on twill. 

 

Yep,  I was lucky with that one.  Came in second on an auction years ago and it suddenly popped up earlier this year when the buyer needed immediate cash.

 

[kiaiokalewa]

10 hours ago, Salvage Sailor said:

 

Yep,  I was lucky with that one.  Came in second on an auction years ago and it suddenly popped up earlier this year when the buyer needed immediate cash.

 

Looks like it maybe on a blue pennant.  My buddy Marty has about 7 to 8 dozen Hawaiian Division/Department athletic patches in his holdings with several being in pennant format while others were clearly for athletic sweaters, tank tops, boxers, etc... others were presentation awards and had shield shapes typically incorporating the posts name, Honolulu and or Hawaii.

[trenchbuff]

3rd Engineers and 27th Infantry Regiment.

[Salvage Sailor]

Very nice collection of interwar Hawaiian Division insignia

[trenchbuff]

1 hour ago, Salvage Sailor said:

Very nice collection of interwar Hawaiian Division insignia

Thanks!

[tredhed2]

A few more

 

38th Div 29th Div 45th Div 45th Div 45th Div

 

 

 

 

 

 

76th Div 77th Div 94th Div 95th Div 98th Div

 

 

 

 

 

 

100th Div 101st Div 101st Div 101st Div 102nd Div 102ndDiv 103rd Div Inf HQ

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[tredhed2]

The units assigned to 7th Mechanized Brigade - the forerunner of all the armored divisions in WW 2 and later - all had their own patches. 

 

Here are a couple. Note - the 1s Cav Regt patch w/ the red "1" is the ONLY way they were made. If you see one w/ not only a different style but a black "1", it's made for collectors. The so-called "zig-zag weave" (embr)  of the 47th Engr Troop (Mech) is the only way these patches were made - not embr to wool like the 1st Cav Regt. The zig-zag weaves exist for the 5ht Med Troop (Mech), 5th QM Co (Mech) and 19th Ord Troop, The 4th and 5th were only made in the zig-zag style.     

[rtd_sf_eng]

Here is my contrubution for this thread.  Mine is the 8th Engineer Squadron, 1st Cav Div; 328th Engineer Regt, 103rd Inf Div; and a jacket patch for th 2nd Engineer Regt, Company A.

[tredhed2]

Here's one for you - 2nd Engr Bn 1930s. Came out of an antique store near Ft. Logan, CO.

[Proud Kraut]

Here´s my contribution. Unfortunately I forgot which 1st Cav Div Artillery unit the patch far right represents.

 

 

[tredhed2]

Jan-Mar 2021 Trading Post - 82nd FA Bn

[Proud Kraut]

Thank you, I missed that. (off topic: one of the advantages of ASMIC online membership. I have access to the Trading Post even if I´m away from home).

[kiaiokalewa]

Okay,  here's what Dave is talking about.  Authentic 1st Cavalry Mechanized vs. the reproductions aka: FAKES!!!

 

ALSO NOTE THE DIFFERENCE IN MATERIAL BACK GROUND COLOR SHADE OF ORANGE vs. LIGHT YELLOW.  

[kiaiokalewa]

Here's the whole series that are REPRODUCTIONS

[kiaiokalewa]

In focus REPRODUCTION of 4th Medical Troop.  The authentic and worn examples were the aka: "Waffle" weaved pattern.

 

The 47th Engineer Squadron patch is shown here as an example of this pattern style.

[kiaiokalewa]

What came first "the Chicken or the Egg"?  The 68th FA Mech wore numeral vs. non-numeraled Shoulder Insignia but why?

Obviously, they were not manufactured at the same time but it's likely the numerals came at a later date and possibly for demonstration reasons while conducting formal exhibitions.

 

 

 

Another key observation that can be readily made is that the numeraled Shoulder Insignia have "Fatty" cannons where the non-numeral examples are skinny canons.  

[kiaiokalewa]

Corps patches are tough to find especially the Organized Reserve ones. 

 

Would love to get my grubby hands on one of these.  

 

XI and XII Corps uniforms in the collection.

 

Close up on the XI Corps patch.

 

 

[BILL THE PATCH]

I lovee those interwar patches. That old 19th corp , (Spanish mission bell) is out of this world.

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[kiaiokalewa]

The interwar arena is turning into a zoo out there.  Personally, I wouldn't touch any of these with a ten foot pole.