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First Marine Division Patch on blue twill


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I got a First Marine Division uniform, which looks fine. The patch, however, is very different from other ones I have on and off coats. It is machine embroidered on blue twill. Is this an original period variety or a more modern one added to the uniform?

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HOWARD LANHAM

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Your patch is nice example of a US made twill patch from that era.

 

Original WW2 Marine patches, I think more than any other branch of the service, can be found constructed from a wide variety of materials, including standard fully embroidered on twill, partially embroidered on twill - like your example, fully embroidered on felt and partially embroidered on felt. There were also theatre-made patches like the Australian bevo-like patches made by J.J. Cash Co. in Queensland Australia.

 

Here's a good link to check out.

 

1st Marine Division

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Your patch is nice example of a US made twill patch from that era.

 

Original WW2 Marine patches, I think more than any other branch of the service, can be found constructed from a wide variety of materials, including standard fully embroidered on twill, partially embroidered on twill - like your example, fully embroidered on felt and partially embroidered on felt. There were also theatre-made patches like the Australian bevo-like patches made by J.J. Cash Co. in Queensland Australia.

 

Here's a good link to check out.

 

1st Marine Division

Thank you very much.

HOWARD LANHAM

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