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WWII US 9th Army Air Corps Set of Patches English Made Printed + Felt Variation
$ 9.5
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Original set of WWII theater made patches for the 9th Air Force.
Harder to find British made printed on rubberized canvas with typical black canvas backing and a British made machine embroidered on felt version.
Passes the black light and burn tests. They have a bit of glue residue on the back from being glued into an album. The printed one came off a jacket and shows some age and wear from use, the embroidered one has been sewn on a uniform and shows a bit of fading from age and use.
In order to save precious cargo space on ships going across the Atlantic, some lower priority US supplies were produced in the UK
so some US patches were factory produced there and some were done by local tailors and embroiderers located near US bases.
Early in the war the UK started producing shoulder insignia designs
printed
on rubberized canvas to save on materials and reduce production casts.
These printed versions were not very popular with US troops for wear on regular uniforms but did find use on flying gear, flight jackets and coveralls.
The embroidered types were very popular with US troops, especially for wear on their regular uniforms, because they were more distinctive than the standard US made embroidered insignia and the fancier US made versions were harder to get once the troops were overseas
.
The 9th Air Force saw action in North Africa, Italy and Europe. B-24 Liberators from the 9th Air Force took part of the on the Ploesti oil fields raid, and provided bombing and interdiction raids in support of the D-Day landings and later tactical Air Support for allied efforts in Europe.
If you collect
v
ariants or theater made patches, here is a chance to add a nice harder to find British made set of both types to your collection.
I am having to sell off my patch collection of 40+ years so there are more to come.
Three day no questions asked returns but buyer pays shipping both ways and must insure the return shipment, and patches must be returned in the same condition as shown in the photos.
Shipping is by USPS First Class package rate with tracking.
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