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[27Division18]

Can anyone help me ID this WW2 DUI pin?

[FlyNavy02]

Pre-World War II this was the 56th Cavalry Brigade, Texas National Guard.

 

From Army Lineage Series:

 

The National Guard, before any of its units were inducted into Federal service during 1940-41, had 4 cavalry divisions, the 21st through the 24th. All 4 were broken up and none entered Federal service, although many of their elements did. Also, conversions and reorganizations of 17 National Guard cavalry regiments before induction resulted in the organization of 7 horse-mechanized cavalry regiments, as well as several field artillery regiments, coast artillery regiments and separate battalions, and an antitank battalion. Thus, after the reshuffling, 7 partially mechanized regiments and a brigade of 2 horse cavalry regiments entered Federal service. The horse-mechanized regiments were the 10 1st ( New York), 102d ( New Jersey), 104th ( Pennsylvania ) , 106th ( Illinois ) , 107th ( Ohio ) , 113th ( Iowa ) , and the 115th ( Wyoming ) ; the horse brigade was the 56th (Texas), consisting of the 112th and 124th Cavalry (Texas). While in Federal service, all of the horse-mechanized regiments were completely mechanized and split up to form groups and separate squadrons, similarly to those of the Regular Army. The horse regiments, the 112th and 124th, were dismounted, withdrawn from the 56th Cavalry Brigade, and reorganized as infantry with much the same composition as regiments of the 1st Cavalry Division. Finally, in mid-1944, the Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 56th Cavalry Brigade, became the 56th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized.

 

Link: https://history.army.mil/books/lineage/arcav/arcav.htm

 

Your example looks like German made painted pot metal from the  Occupation era.

[tredhed2]

56th Cav Bde wore a yellow shield w/ all other symbols as above.

 

DI depicted is for HQ Co, 36th Inf Div, is made and painted in Germany ca. 1945. Source is multiple back issues of The Trading Post.  36A1 in our catalog.

[FlyNavy02]

Agreed, I was using a B & W line drawing in an TP article.