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United States Army Shoulder Patches and Related Insignia BytheAuthor UnitedStatesArmyShoulderPatchesandRelatedInsigniaFromWorldWarItoKorea 1stDivisionto40thDivision UnitedStatesArmyShoulderPatchesandRelatedlnsigniaFromWorldWarltoKorea 41stDivisionto I06thDivision United States Army ---- Shoulder Patches and Related Insignia From World War I to Korea Army Groups, Armies and Corps William Keller & Kurt Keller SchifferMilitaryHistory Atglen, PA Acknowledgments Oursincerestgratitudegoesouttoallthathelpedandmadethe us photos and patches to photograph. Rather than mentioning only productionofthis volumepossible.Wewishto thankthemfortheir those who contributed to this particular volume, all who have con hospitalityandcooperation.Itwasauniqueprivilegetobeinvitedto tributed to the series will be acknowledged. Special thanks to: Dan viewtheircollectionsandphotographthebesteachhadtooffer.With Alloggio, KurtH.Andariese, David S.Angle, PeterM. Bennethum, outexception,eachvisitwas awonderfullearningexperience.Their Gary Castellino, Rocco Collura, RobertA. Erickson, David Fisher, dedication, notjust to collecting, but to the preservation ofhistory, JohnFoley,MikeFurey,BobFord,ScottGlemby,RichardT.Graney, made this project ajoy to work on, and the photographs contained Daniel Griffin, Lt. Col. James E. Mullin (Ret), Charles B. Oellig, withinspeakvolumestothelifetimecommitmentithasbeenformany Clifford Orth, Bruce J. Pitre, Jr., Gus Radle, James F. Rudy, Garth ofthem. Wearealsograteful to theindividuals whograciouslypro Thompson, Charles Van Der Eems, John B. Wright, and finally to videdusidentificationforsomeofthemoreunusualpieces.Onelast RandyHackenburgandJayGraybealattheU.S.ArmyMilitaryHis note;wewouldliketoespeciallythankthosebravesoulswhomailed toryInstitute. Toallthesoldierswhoserved,bothrememberedandforgotten. Bookdesign byRobertBiondi. PrincipalphotographybyKurtKeller; additionalphotographybyWilliamKeller. DustjacketphotobyRobertBiondi. Copyright©2004byWilliamKeller& KurtKeller. LibraryofCongressCatalogNumber:2003115389 All rights reserved. No partofthis workmay bereproduced orused in anyforms orby any means - graphic, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or information storage and retrieval systems- withoutwrittenpermissionfromthecopyrightholder. PrintedinChina. ISBN:0-7643-1921-3 Forthelargestselectionoffinereferencebooksonthis andrelatedsubjects,pleasevisitourwebsite -www.schifferbooks.com-orcallforafreecatalog. Weareinterestedinhearingfrom authorswithbookideasonrelatedtopics. PublishedbySchifferPublishingLtd. InEurope,Schifferbooksaredistributedby: 4880LowerValleyRoad BushwoodBooks Atglen,PA 19310 6MarksburyAve. Phone:(610)593-1777 KewGardens FAX:(610)593-2002 SurreyTW94JF E-mail:[email protected]. England Visitourwebsiteat:www.schifferbooks.com Phone:44(0)208392-8585 Pleasewriteforafreecatalog. FAX:44(0)208392-9876 Thisbookmaybepurchasedfromthepublisher. E-mail: [email protected]. Pleaseinclude$3.95postage. FreepostageintheUK.Europe:airmailatcost. Tryyourbookstorefirst. Tryyourbookstorefirst. Contents Use Guide and Abbreviations Key 6 Introduction 7 United States Army Shoulder Patches and Related Insignia Armies 9 1 Ailied Airborne Army 87 st Army Groups 91 Corps 95 Bibliography 159 Use Guide and Abbreviation Key Use this section as aquick referencepointfor the listing WorldWarI= 1918to approximately 1923 and description ofeach patch. Unlike the first two volumes, Interwar= 1920'sto 1941 eachfigure now has aheading, and they are as follows: WorldWarII=1941 to 1945 PostWorldWarII=1945 Occupation -early ColdWarera A=Army Bullion=Any spun, woven orwrapped metallic thread. IAAbnA=I AlliedAirborneArmy st AGp =Army Group CS=ChainStitch: 2topthreadsattachedtobasematerialbya C=Corps single pick up or backing thread. Under close examination this embroidery type resembles a chain. This.,technique is Eachphotocaptioncontainsalltheinformationabouteach usuallydonewithahandguidedembroiderymachine. Ahand patch:thefigureandpatchnumber;theperiodthepatchisfrom; embroidered technique also exists that resembles this stitch the country oforigin; the specific identification ofthe patch; pattern. andfinally theconstruction description.Allpatches withouta DI=DistinguishedUnitInsignia:Metalinsigniawithenameled countrylisted,withtheexceptionofWWI's,arebelievedtobe or painted designs commonly found for regimental units. made in the United States. Information not covered by the Occasionally these can be found in miniature patch form for introduction willbediscussedin thecaption when thetopicis wearon overseascaps, lapels and shoulderstraps. reached. Please see the sample entries below. Forfurther and ET =Embroidered on Twill: Any patch where exposed twill more detailed information about period and styles of basematerial is partofthe design ofthepatch. manufacturepleaserefertotheIntroductionsectionofUnited FE =Fully Embroidered: The embroidery covers the entire StatesArmyShoulderPatchesandRelatedInsigniafromWorld surfaceofthepatch. WarI to Korea (1StDivisionto40th Division). Felt=Pressedwoolenmaterial thathas no weave. HE = Hand Embroidered: The design of the patch is Fig. A1.61. World War I. 1st Army Signal Corps. embroidered with needleand threadby hand. Felton wool. ME =Machine Embroidered: The design is embroidered on Translation: 1stArmy,patch61,manufacturedduring material with amachineguided byapreparedpattern. the World War I period, 1stArmy Signal Corps, felt ODB =OliveDrabBorder and wool construction. TM=Patchisbelievedtobetheatermadebutisofanunknown onglll. Fig. AGpI5.3. WorldWarII,England. HEonfelt. Wool =Wool thatis awoven cloth with orwithouttexture. Translation: 15thArmyGroup,patch3,manufactured ?= Thepossibilityexists thatthe patch is from this period or during World War II, made in England, hand countryoforigin. embroideredonfelt. 6 Introduction Thesubjectmatterofthisvolumearethepatchesthatwerewornbymembers ofArmyGroups,Armies,Corps,and the 151AlliedAirborneArmy.Thepatchesof someunits, suchas theArmyGroups,haveonlyafew variations pictured.Thisis mainlyduetothefact thattheyexistedfor ashortperiodoftimeanddidnothave as many personnel assigned to them. Other units, such as the I Army, with its Sl greaternumberofpersonnel and much longer life spanfrom World War I to this day, has over 100examples. Overall wewerepleased to find atleastafew varia tions for each to give the collector as complete a picture as possible. Altogether this volume shows that the men ofthese units had as muchpride in theirpatches andcreativityasdidthesoldiersoftheInfantryDivisions.Thereadermaynotethe book begins with Army patches and not those oftheArmy Groups. Although an ArmyGroup wasorganizationallyabove an~rmy and assuchshouldbefirst, the 1 Army was thefirstAmericanArmy organizedin the modernera. Additionally, st the shear nl!mber ofArmy patches pictured made for a much better beginning. Originally we had planned to release this volume first, however, the amount of materialcompiledatthetimedid notallowforit.We willleaveittoyouto decide which volume you putfirst on your shelf! We would like to thank again all who helped,in whatevercapacity, with theproductionofthis book.With this said, we hopeyou arejustassatisfiedwith this volumeas with theprevious ones. WilliamKeller KurtKeller January 8, 2003 7 / United States Army Shoulder Patches and Related Insignia Army Groups, Armies and Corps
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