Possibly related to this unit .......

Here's a patch Image a friend needs the ID for , hope someone can help, thanks :) 

Adje--Thank you so much for looking into the burial for Robert Cheever. It is a strange case that I will continue to pursue as it bothers me not to know where his final resting place is. Also, thank you for the video, it was very enlightening to hear from people who were there at that time, both the Dutch and the Americans. I loved the story about the boys who stole the shirts and dyed them to conceal where they came from! I am glad that he was honest and told us what they did back then. It must have been a bit of a horrible experience to live at the place and that time. Tough times for sure.  I think you will enjoy the Robert Edsel book when you get it, he has visited there many times and talked to many of the people who where there at the time. I would like to read the 2 books you mentioned also. A first hand account and personal experiences are most interesting to me. Thank you for your continued efforts in unearthing the artifacts, I would like to do that also. By the way, your English is extremely good, my Dutch is a big Zero! Here's a link to Robert Cheever's FindaGrave memorial-https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118998886/robert_lee-cheever He had a brother who was a Colonel in the US Air Force too.   Jumpship--Thank you for the link, I need to keep moving on this mystery! I need to find his service number first.     Steve

All done and ready for display! Great kit with amazing details. The figures were the weakest part of the kit. Photo etched seatbelts were amazing. Couldn’t even use all the great details available due to my inexperience. Fun build!

Looks like "dummy" guns. If they were actually functioning firearms and legal the group would be in the high 6 figures. 

In my research, I came across a reference to the book *Les insignes de l'aéronautique militaire française jusqu'en 1918* as one of the most comprehensive works on French insignia. Since PFROST mentioned in one of the posts that this book have pages dedicated to "unofficial" badges, the jewelry-store brooches, I would like to ask if anyone of you happen to own this book and if would be kind enough to copy the pages that describe and illustrate the badges I am interested in. It would be a significant contribution to the article I am writing on the History of the badges of Brazilian military Aviation, which began around 1919. The Armed Forces were heavily influenced by French aviation; the Brazilian government had established an agreement known as the "French Mission" to train the entire Brazilian Army, among other activities. Indeed, several aviators even took aviation courses in France. Brazilian aviators began wearing brooches purchased from French jewelry stores as their pilot badges, following the example of their French counterparts. These brooches mostly depicted eagles (though other birds appeared in some cases) and were primarily purchased from firms such as FIX, ORIA, and MURAT (see attached). This practice spread throughout Brazil, as there were no official regulations at the time. Later, in the mid-1930s, Army Aviation issued regulations specifying the standards and design for the pilot badge. By the way, the brevet designs were heavily inspired by those French brooches, particularly the ones from FIX! (see an example, attached,) P.S.: Another challenge I am facing is the lack of any firsthand account from a pilot or expert confirming that military aviators of that era actually purchased these brooches specifically to wear as identifiers of their status as pilots! All of these accounts come from secondary sources...

Hello all,   I picked this up today from the veteran’s widow. This man was an MP with the 23rd MP Co. from October 1968 until October 1969.  The highlight of the group is his VN made vinyl brassard.

Just an update, I found out the thread pitch size is 4-40 used on the Robbins original posts. If anyone is ever missing any, that is what you want to look for to fit it.