M1957 Specialist Rank in M1952 colors.

[Teamski]

Hey guys,

 

Have you seen this before?  I haven't. I found the rank on the right at an antique shop this last week in M1952 colors of OD on blue.  I take it that this was a error patch.  Thoughts?

 

-Ski

[KurtA]

I haven’t seen one of those before. Probably some manufacturer confusion during the period of the chevron change.  

That was an excellent find.  

[Teamski]

I was stunned when I found it.  At first I thought it was subdued but then I brought it up to the light and sure enough, it was OD on blue.  You never know what you are going to find.....

 

-Ski

[patches]

On 4/12/2024 at 6:47 AM, KurtA said:

I haven’t seen one of those before. Probably some manufacturer confusion during the period of the chevron change.  

That was an excellent find.  

Yes here it is Kurt.

 

OD on Blue Specialist it too is a Master Specialist one.

 

 

[Teamski]

Good find patches!

 

-Ski

[hardstripe]

On 4/12/2024 at 12:11 AM, Teamski said:

Hey guys,

 

Have you seen this before?  I haven't. I found the rank on the right at an antique shop this last week in M1952 colors of OD on blue.  I take it that this was a error patch.  Thoughts?

 

-Ski

OK I am convinced. I agree that this may have been from a sample run before the producer loaded the gold-colored thread and AG44 background cloth in the embroidery machine. If so, this chevron would be very rare.  

[cavcon]

I have seen photos of that before.   I also thought that maybe it was produced as a sample or before the AG uniform or specialist ranks were adopted.    Pretty cool!