Insignia's
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2023 8:23 am
During WWII My Mother was a Navy WAVE Nurse, and my Dad was a Parachute Rigger in North Africa and Italy. They were Courting, and began a hobby between themselves of collecting sew on Insignia's. Many years later, my Dad handed me a box and said "Why don't you take these, the kids might like to put them on their jackets". When I had a little time, I looked through the contents of the box and found over 600 original patches of most every group that existed at the time. These are still in perfect, new condition, and some of these "Patches" still have their PX price tags on them. I got them all organized, and really wanted to display them for the Veterans at county fairs and the like for the 50th anniversary of WWII. I searched and searched for help in order to not offend anyone by displaying them incorrectly. I found no one interested in providing guidance, so they have never been displayed. I even contacted insignia manufactures, and joined online associations for insignia and metals. The only responses I got were a couple of guys wanting to buy a patch they were missing from their collection.
I thought I'd send this out in a posting, to see if anyone knew of a good resource to point me to??
I thought I'd send this out in a posting, to see if anyone knew of a good resource to point me to??