Amazing history you’ve managed to capture.   I love this sort of thing.

Matt, Love the story! I think that doorway piece is my favorite too. You should hang it in your bedroom, I'm sure your wife would appreciate it since she worked there. Good thing we don't live closer, I'd get you in all kinds of trouble! Haha

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Can anyone give any information about this patch was told it was theater made but I have never seen one on tan material  Thanks  Steve  

Having things in hand is always a better option but.... over painted chips isnt a red flag all or 100% of the time. Here is a 113th Cav helmet I own and its also named/identified to the owner. This helmet has seen at least one war time overpaint and a lot of the cork is missing when over painted in a dark Od. There are brush strokes seen and when the 113th Cav emblem was added its been painted over ships. I have had more than one vet tell me they painted their helmets at wars end or occupation time frame as the higher ups wanted things to look nice and also keep idle hands busy. One vet here said al of their vehicles and helmets an various items were painted. He basically said if it was visible, it got painted. He spoke of taking 300+ helmets and lined them up in the motor pool and they were over sprayed.   Here is the 113th I mentioned and also posted here on the forum... the NCO bar is also covered over with tape           

Thanks Guys, much appreciated, Rick

Gunn got it right, American civilian piece. AG

. A UK Jeeping friend just acquired these two cinema posters based on Jeep stories.       Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 14 April  2O26.   ..

Considering the construction and how you found them, I'd say they are certainly theater-made tapes.    The font and condition are easily explained by how many different tailor shops GI's had access to overseas.  Some were better than others, and some had their own preference for what fonts they used in patches.  (Just look at how many different styles of unit patches Vietnam troops had made.  They ranged from very primitive to absolute gorgeous works of embroidery.)