Jeeper704 Posted July 18, 2013 Share #351 Posted July 18, 2013 Well, this is hard to say for sure. It could have been done some time in WWII .... but it could have been done two months ago. With original WWII thread it is hard to tell. Btw, there was a TD patch with "805" and "Hellcats" added for sale too. I think it went for over 570 USD. Erwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Baker Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share #352 Posted July 24, 2013 ATTENTION: For those of you that follow this thread religiously, I did some clean up to reduce clutter. There were many links and photos that no longer opened and those posts were removed. So were many of the "gee wiz", "cool", and "I wish I had that", type posts. I don't think anything was removed that affected the integrity of the conversations or information in the thread. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know. So, let it be known, we are not rude, there were many congrats, holy cows, and such acknowledging the really cool items posted here. SOOOO, keep posting them. And if you had photos of something posted that are no longer here, they wouldn't open. Please feel free to post again and save them to the forum. Thanks!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSC Posted September 28, 2013 Share #353 Posted September 28, 2013 Here's a new and interesting pick-up for the TD collection. Anybody ever see one of these? Thanks, Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSC Posted September 28, 2013 Share #354 Posted September 28, 2013 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Baker Posted September 28, 2013 Author Share #355 Posted September 28, 2013 Looks like you're getting the wink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSC Posted September 28, 2013 Share #356 Posted September 28, 2013 LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted September 29, 2013 Share #357 Posted September 29, 2013 Have never seen one.Nice un-finished variation.The whisker next to the missing eye is short , missing threads.Very cool patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Baker Posted September 29, 2013 Author Share #358 Posted September 29, 2013 Found this in the mailbox today. I love the design of this patch. I think maybe it's my favorite design. I was very lucky to get this one in mint condition. You don't see many in this condition. 802nd TD battalion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortaydc60 Posted February 1, 2014 Share #359 Posted February 1, 2014 Thought this would be a good time to add some new material and perhaps the one of rarest TD patches to this topic. The various numbered tabs are rare,which thanks to Dave and others have been shown as well as the Instructor patch,the 801st TD skull,the 802nd TD ,and the 6 wheel TD patch version. I believe for the first time on the forum I wish to show the 813th TD. OK I know some may dispute this ID and say it is a tank bn post war period. The construction of the patch is pure WW2 and most likely made by the same manufacturer who made the merrow WW2 506th Airborne patch. The 813th TD is listed in the "Unit Citation and Campaign Participation Credit Register. There is no 813th Tank Bn listed. This shows it served inArdennes-Alsace,Central Europe,Normandy,Northern France,Rhineland,Rome-Arno and Tunisia. I have only been aware of only three in collections. I have to reduce the scans,will finish post tonite. Thanks Mort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortaydc60 Posted February 2, 2014 Share #360 Posted February 2, 2014 Sorry for the delay but had to rescan to proper size. Mort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortaydc60 Posted February 2, 2014 Share #361 Posted February 2, 2014 Here is scan of back of patch. Mort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted February 2, 2014 Share #362 Posted February 2, 2014 Great looking patch.Was this worn state side or overseas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortaydc60 Posted February 2, 2014 Share #363 Posted February 2, 2014 Thanks for the comment. Have no clue where it was worn; but it is ultra rare. Had shown to Scotty and Dave K and Dave Johnson at SOS and ASMIC.Believe it or not Scotty had never seen it and he has seen it all. Just another thing to add to your want lists. Mort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted February 2, 2014 Share #364 Posted February 2, 2014 Thanks for the comment. Have no clue where it was worn; but it is ultra rare. Had shown to Scotty and Dave K and Dave Johnson at SOS and ASMIC.Believe it or not Scotty had never seen it and he has seen it all. Just another thing to add to your want lists. Mort You mean my FANTASY list. LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
td-seeker Posted March 4, 2014 Share #365 Posted March 4, 2014 This is my first time and I hope the attached photos show up properly. Today while working on my revised Pictorial guide to Anti-Tank and Tank Destroyer memorabilia, I noticed a similarity in one of the fake or reproduction patches and one that is being sold as a rare theater made WWII patch on Ebay (231166402444). the one on Ebay is dirty looking while the one in my guide is new. The new patch was listed in Feb on Ebay as a hand made reproduction. What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted March 4, 2014 Share #366 Posted March 4, 2014 Looks close but I don't think they are the same.If you look at the one on the right there is a gear on the jaw line.The one on the left, eBay, there is none. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Baker Posted March 4, 2014 Author Share #367 Posted March 4, 2014 This is my first time and I hope the attached photos show up properly. Today while working on my revised Pictorial guide to Anti-Tank and Tank Destroyer memorabilia, I noticed a similarity in one of the fake or reproduction patches and one that is being sold as a rare theater made WWII patch on Ebay (231166402444). the one on Ebay is dirty looking while the one in my guide is new. The new patch was listed in Feb on Ebay as a hand made reproduction. What do you think? My thoughts are here. Fake. http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/203066-real-or-fake-tank-destroyer-patch/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted March 4, 2014 Share #368 Posted March 4, 2014 I agree fake.I thought we were trying to figure out if they are the same patch that somebody dirtied up to look older. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1stDivVet Posted March 4, 2014 Share #369 Posted March 4, 2014 Here's my 3 cats as well as my uncle's stuff listed in another thread. My uncle's stuff: http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/203100-pfc-john-r-finster-801st-td-bn/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocsfollowme Posted March 4, 2014 Share #370 Posted March 4, 2014 With the patch posted concerning the possible fake, this is my two cents. I overlayed the photos over each other. The angles that the scan and photo were take are slightly off, so I did two overlays with one being match with the bottom and the other being matched to the top. My anaylsis: 1. If you save the photo from ebay, you can really zoom in. There is dirt on every edge. As a theatre made piece after the war, I doubt that it would be this dirty. With so much along each of the edges. It looks like a tooth brush was used so it left build up of a wax or oil along the edges. The threads are beat up a bit more in the open areas and not consistent throughout. To me, this is the biggest tip off as being a doctored up patch. 2. The one being sold now is a bit smaller than the "repro" one and could have shrunk a bit, more around the mouth of the cat-during a process to age it. I couldn't get the entire thing to match up from head to mouth. 3. Whiskers could move from tooth brush. Not a big deal 4. There are some discreptancies: the eye balls are different (but if it was pressed down, matted, could account for this), on the one being sold, there are 12 tracks on the left and 13 on the reproduction, unibrow on the one being sold but a definite space on the reproduction (but if it was pressed down, matted, could account for this) Below: matched (overlayed) with top of head. Blue line shows discreptancies below: matched with mouth. Blue lines show discreptancies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearmon Posted March 8, 2014 Share #371 Posted March 8, 2014 It had to happen. Angry Mickey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearmon Posted March 8, 2014 Share #372 Posted March 8, 2014 the reverse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Baker Posted March 8, 2014 Author Share #373 Posted March 8, 2014 Looks close but I don't think they are the same.If you look at the one on the right there is a gear on the jaw line.The one on the left, eBay, there is none. Right. There are several discrepancies between the two. Particularly in the treads. A few in the whiskers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETN Posted September 8, 2014 Share #374 Posted September 8, 2014 Here's something I just picked up. I know it's a DI but I thought I should post it here. A nice example of sterling 771st TD BN DI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETN Posted September 8, 2014 Share #375 Posted September 8, 2014 The back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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