Plastic Pin Manufacturers WW2 - Thread

[Yeager-BK]

Hi all I wanted to start a thread on plastic DUI manufacturers during WW2 and early occupation period.

 

Starting it off with W&H - Whitehead & Hoag:

 

310th Infantry Regiment:

 

 

640th Tank Destroyer Battalion:

 

Unknown Manufacturer with strange back for sewing on or sliding a pin through

 

382nd Infantry Regiment:

 

413th Infantry Regiment:

[Allan H.]

501st PIR made by  Gemsco 

[tredhed2]

Was TDY when this topic began. Here are the 1st Inf Regt (W & H - back not avail) ) 303rd Ord Regt (W & H) and 747th MP Bn (NHM - Unk if W & H sent material to jobbers -  bar is marked PAT PEND) 747th is named w/ doc

[MasonK]

My only plastic DUI, 15th Signal Brigade, also W&H.

[tredhed2]

1 hour ago, MasonK said:

My only plastic DUI, 15th Signal Brigade, also W&H.

I think you mean 15th Signal Service Regt.  

[MasonK]

15 hours ago, tredhed2 said:

I think you mean 15th Signal Service Regt.  

You're absolutely correct. Honestly, I have the DUI and couldn't recall the unit, had to Wikipedia it, and used the current unit name. 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Signal_Brigade_(United_States)

[patches]

Here's a pair of the 303rd Ordnance on an Ike, has the patch of the ETO Advance Base as it's parent organization. Think it was a Battalion rather then a Regiment in WWII right?

 

It's one of risqué ones LOL, there is a Chick modeling it on the Bay, one of those vendors who gets girls to wear the item up for sale LOL.

 

[patches]

And I believe a shot of these 303rd Ords, or a completely different one, dunno know, but it is from the same vendor as the Ike, maybe he had a spare one to sell. (Anyone interested in the Ike or the unit crest just keyword 303 Ordnance on the Bay.)

[Yeager-BK]

On 8/12/2022 at 9:45 AM, Yeager-BK said:

@tredhed2 do you know the Manufacturer of this type of plastic DI and how it was attached?

 

 

 

[tredhed2]

1 hour ago, Yeager-BK said:

 

Manufacturer unk w/ any certainty. Safety pin that was then sewn down (seems easiest) or directly sewn to uniform.

[tredhed2]

Here are some German made painted on plastic DIs. To date, there are no known plastic Japanese made DIs.

 

116th Cav Rcn Sq (top) and 839th AAA Bn (middle) 465th AAA Bn (bottom). More to come.

[Allan H.]

348th Engineers

 

103rd AAA Group

 

4th Defense Wing

 

486th AAA

 

6th Infantry Regiment

 

 

Allan

[tredhed2]

I knew there was an AAF plastic one - thanks, Allan.

 

Couple more - 127th AAA Bn (top - also variant w/ red border) and 573rd AAA Bn (bottom) both are German made, 127th has 3 holes for sewing, 573rd is PB. 

[patches]

Here's one up for sale.

 

WWII period Kansas State Guard 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/384141670241

[Allan H.]

398th Armored Field Artillery Bn.