Ooo… I like that one. I have a soft spot for the white dress uniforms 

This guy by the way is someone who was in the same company as me at Basic and AIT in early 1980 LOL, we reconnected on FBs's group,  Fort Benning Georgia Home of the Infantry.   A M/Sgt, he obviously went the distance.

Incredible!

What is this patch please, it looks familiar as I we've seen it posted here and there over the years in the patch and in the uniform forums, but never really paid attention to it's title.

OK, something similar to what I did in the photo of the hole, but it's still almost impossible... I'll probably keep trying since I quite like the CIB badge I have. Besides, I don't often find CIB badges with pin back; almost all the ones I see have clutch post, and even then I wouldn't know exactly if they're short or a bit longer, from the WWII era....

Link to INTERNET ARCHIVE for TOW WEAPONS SYSTEM MANUAL 1994 May have the answer  TOW MANUAL  

Exactly what I was thinking. If it is too good to be true, it probably is. It is a pretty good fake though. If it were not >$100, it would be fun to have to stick on a jacket or something. 

Very nice cape, I have one for a Navy Doctor about 1993, the lining is golden.  If you have any post Vietnam era USAF maternity items in that mystery pile please post a foto or two.  Cheers, Armygas  

With the pin backs, one could simply push the long horizontal pin though the thin outer wool shell, no need to try and push it though the thick padding.

This also pertained to the clutch back ribbon mounts, Wings etc, in may ways impossible to get the the clutch to "Bite" the clutch post through the thickness, both officers and EM Coats and or Jackets, EM ones not as bad, but still could be a pain.   I have to look around to see original coats, I drawing a dim memory of guys either cutting away the whole area where the stuff will get pinned, and or cutting a broad slit to be able to get at least a portion of their fingers to just pin insignia to the thin outer wool shell.   Perhaps others can share if this cutting was done.