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U.S. Vietnam War Period Patches &
cloth Insignia, Unit Patches, Squadron Patches, Rank Chevrons, Party
Patches, Theatre Made, Machine Embroidered, etc., as available. |
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Please Note: The patches and cloth insignia listed here as "Vietnam
Theatre Made," "Locally Manufactured,"
or " Handmade," refer to vintage, Vietnam War
period, patches that are not like the mass-produced patches
that we are familiar with today. These highly collected patches were
produced individually by hand sewing or hand sewn on a sewing machine, in
small shops, throughout Vietnam, as well as, Cambodia, Thailand and Laos.
Some patches were somewhat more professionally machine embroidered in
Korea, Okinawa, Taiwan, Japan and the Philippines. The collector interest
and value of these patches lies in the individual artistic handmade
rendering and crude quality of each patch.
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4 Rank (Sp4) – Theatre Made, Hand Embroidered Single - Variation OD
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4VNP-41. 3-inch
wide x 2-7/8 inch high, olive-green cotton twill patch, loosely hand
embroidered with black thread, depicting a US Army style eagle in the
center. Variation outer border is,” zigzag,” stitched, with a sewing
machine, using a variation light colored olive thread. Backside shows a
multitude of threads representing a considerable amount of handwork that
went into the construction of this patch. Because these patches were
hand made, you will find many significant variations; you can own many of
these patches, each with its own distinct embroidered design. The
specialists’ series ranks were adopted in 1955; in 1958 the ranks were
restructured and the insignia was made larger, like the one offered here.
The Sp4 rank is still used today but it has not been used as a subdued
sleeve rank since the end of the Vietnam War. The patch does not appear as
though it has been sewn on a uniform. Light age from storage and handling. A
single example. Vg. $10.00
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