One of my friends from the Legion and a retired teacher was a tanker with a Sherman talked about the battle at Bitche…. He referred to himself as a Bitche from Bitche ✔️💯I know there is a SSI referring to the statement.   Kurt

A blacklight will aid you in determining whether the patches are period correct. If correct, the thread will not glow under blacklight. Typically, you want to look at the edges of the patch and lighter color threads for reference. You can get a nice handheld one on amazon fairly cheap. I like the looks of the 101st, 17th, and 3rd army. The 82nd, I would want to see under a blacklight

As a matter of curiosity, did you sew 2 patches on the right sleeve of the flight suit, or did you purchase it that way?

Thank you! Yes, I’m fond of them - and ‘desk displays’. Adds a splash of of colour to things.

Nice, I like footlocker displays.  Well done.

I loved these figures that came with kit, after I got rid of the tank destroyer whe when this one got damaged in a fall from a stand in like 1976, I kept the figures, I used them in other long ago projects.  

killer display and items!  I can appreciate how much time, money and effort went into this.  Thank you for sharing!

Hello!   I'm brand new to the world of collecting WWII militaria and I wanted to start off with patches from those who participated in D-Day and then on throughout the war after that. To be clear though, I did do some HEAVY research on Mark Bando's site for the 101st and literally scrolled google and this forum for HOURS on end! lol With that, here are 3 Airborne patches I purchased and with what I paid. The patches have all the characteristics of what a true WWII patch should have. The photos are the sellers' photos as I have not received any of them yet. Thanks in advance for helping me out and I'm happy to be on here. 🙂 101st Airborne Patch - $91:  This patch search and typing are a DOOZY. How can anyone really  tell some of these are truly WWII besides the Type 1 and Types 3-9?! I know FOR SURE that mine is none of those, but 2 (highly, highly doubt), 7 (hopeful, but doubt), 10 (thinking this, but an actually WWII version), and 14 (I hope not lol) are all so similar. Why I Bought: The very snowy back, the "airborne" is big, and takes up more of the tab, and the tab is still attached (I think). The eye also intrigues me on this one. It's leaning 10/14, but the squiggle on the bottom isn't THAT squiggly and the single thread lines are hardly there. I know a "staple" of the 7 is the vertical stitching lines in the white, but I've seen lots of 7's on big sites without that. The cut edge is khaki and not blue.    17th Airborne Patch - $61: Sorry these photos are really blurry. Definitely wanted a reverse-claw version as my first! I googled and it said that no reverse-claws were made post-war. Just hoping this isn't one of those really good fAkEs. Again snowy back and attached tab. The loose threads are interesting because they look red/pink? 82nd Airborne Patch - $43: This was the first patch I bought, so yea, I just bought it because it was snowy. Found out later when asking about another patch that he tends to just put tabs and patches together so this may not be the original duo?   3rd Army "Green Back" Patch- $10: Again bought at the same time as the 82nd patch. First learned about "green backs" and saw this and bought on the spot.    Looking forward to what you experts have to say and again, thank you! - Shannon

Came across this photo, it’s inventory of what the 511th PIR had on them when they jumped into Luzon. Notice the gloves in the photo on the right side

Thanx very much, too kind! (the same to all others, of course).    In fact the most challenging of all my full-size characters, together only with a RAF P-47 pilot set in Burma in springtime 1945.