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Low Speed, High Drag |
I've never seen anything like that in the Navy. "Blessed is he who when facing his own demise, thinks only of his front sight.” Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem Montani Semper Liberi | |||
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fugitive from reality |
Well then, I'm all out of useful ideas. I would have thought it would have found something. _____________________________ 'I'm pretty fly for a white guy'. | |||
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Wondering out loud.... Is it a historical patch from one of the other Military Academies?? Ie not West Point, Anapolis, or Air Force. I can say it is not from The Citadel. But what about VMI, GMC, ect?? Andrew Duty is the sublimest word in the English Language - Gen Robert E Lee. | |||
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Try salvation army, red cross, or possible less reputible things like kkk | |||
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Not really from Vienna |
Perhaps the patch is from a foreign land | |||
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| Freethinker |
That got me to thinking about the insignia worn by West Point cadets on fatigues/BDUs/whatever they’re called now when serving with active Army units during summer training, etc. They consist(ed) of a number of thin bars linked together in a parallel array, and vaguely resembled the above patches. The significant differences, though, were that there was no cross bar and especially not one that extended beyond the parallel bars. Also, if the above were uniform patches they were evidently worn on some sort of utility uniform, and I don’t know of any in the distant past that were the tan color of the background. ► 6.4/93.6 “ Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-imposed nonage. Nonage is the inability to use one’s own understanding without another’s guidance. This nonage is self-imposed if its cause lies not in lack of understanding but in indecision and lack of courage to use one’s own mind without another’s guidance.” — Immanuel Kant | |||
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Since Academies were mentioned, could it possibly be a football patch for a sweater or lettermans jacket? (possibly just for college and not military related) | |||
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Fighting the good fight |
You're just missing the two corresponding "D" patches.   | |||
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I believe that is a WW1 Home Guard sleeve patch from Cincinnati Ohio. It's from the summer uniform. If you do a search under Cincinnati Home Guard during WW1 you will see several examples of it being worn. It was worn on the low sleeve because the shoulder patch was slightly different. I also believe it had something to do with the railroad but I can't confirm that. I sent a copy of a photo to your email you have posted on your profile. | |||
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| fugitive from reality |
We may have a winner here. Scroll down to the bottom of this thread. http://www.usmilitariaforum.co...ti-home-guard-medal/ _____________________________ 'I'm pretty fly for a white guy'. | |||
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Same photo I just sent him from the Ohio history page. It's pretty typical of WW1 construction but it isn't a regular Army patch. State units kind of did their own thing and even when activated and pulled into regular Army units wore their sleeve patches. It's very similar to railroad patches I've seen on uniforms. | |||
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Info Guru |
AWESOME! Thank you. I've said it before, you simply cannot stump this forum or it's members! Here's the photo and caption:  Cincinnati Home Guard photo - note the unique rank insignia on their sleeves. “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” - John Adams | |||
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Coin Sniper |
Sigforum wins again ! Pronoun: His Royal Highness and benevolent Majesty of all he surveys 343 - Never Forget Its better to be Pavlov's dog than Schrodinger's cat There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive. | |||
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| Info Guru |
And word back from the friend who found these:
I resisted the urge to reply that that would have been good information to have up front!  “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” - John Adams | |||
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| Something wild is loose  |
Winner, winner, chicken dinner! Impressive detective work.... "And gentlemen in England now abed, shall think themselves accursed they were not here, and hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks that fought with us upon Saint Crispin's Day" | |||
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It's a WWI Home Guard sleeve insignia from Ohio, duh.  Wait, I see someone beat me to it!  Just kidding, talk about obscure, I am continually impressed by Sigforum as well. “People have to really suffer before they can risk doing what they love.” –Chuck Palahnuik Be harder to kill: https://preparefit.ck.page | |||
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| Oh stewardess, I speak jive.  |
As impressive as it is commonplace around here. Well done. | |||
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