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Post by Gordak on Jan 31, 2006 20:21:35 GMT -5
hey, I got the hang of the specail stitch used to apply ww2 US insignia I don't know where the style originated from, but a ton of uniforms at the museum have it, check it out -Gordak
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Post by mauser98k on Jan 31, 2006 20:26:10 GMT -5
Wow that's pretty flippin sweet Sam!
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Post by CharleyNovember on Feb 1, 2006 23:26:03 GMT -5
Thats right folks send your patchwork to Sam now ;D
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Post by Guinness on Feb 1, 2006 23:47:00 GMT -5
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Post by Gordak on Feb 1, 2006 23:54:01 GMT -5
very cool link Thanks!
(now i need to work on my style!)
-Gordak
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Post by Guinness on Feb 1, 2006 23:57:24 GMT -5
I just wonder how many holes you have in your index finger now? -G
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Post by Gordak on Feb 2, 2006 8:28:51 GMT -5
I was just going to be perminatly saluting, LOL -Gordak
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Post by 2nd Bat on Feb 5, 2006 2:56:53 GMT -5
Nice touch. A pleasant surprise for some garrison caps you find in second hand stores or antique shops is that quite often below the airborne disc you'll find a silver dollar from the year the trooper graduated from airborne school. I've bought a couple like that. (Just feel with your finger to see if there is potentially a coin under the patch.
This was a tradition to provide the trooper with a improvised "Blackjack" for bar fights or emergency money to get them home if they've lost all their other money. It was incidently more common in the 101st then the 82nd. I always sew a big metal washer under the patch to provide the effect.
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Post by Gordak on Feb 5, 2006 9:56:26 GMT -5
yeah, I had heard of that, Pretty cool, I do 82nd AB tho, so I stuff bills under the flag patch -Gordak
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