FOLLOWING LISTED WWI SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA WERE ...



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FRENCH MADE US WWI SHOULDER PATCHES

“A ONCE IN A LIFETIME FIND FOR “AOTP LTD” AND CHANCE FOR OUR CUSTOMERS TO BUY WITH CONFIDENCE ORIGINAL WWI SHOULDER PATCHES AND RATES!”. FOLLOWING LISTED US WWI SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA WERE ACQUIRED ENTIRELY IN ONE LOT FROM A FRIEND IN FRANCE. HIS FATHER FOUND THESE WHILE SEARCHING OUT OLD FRENCH TAILOR SHOPS / HABERDASHERS ETC., FOR GERMAN WWII INSIGNIA. THESE PATCHES WERE FOUND IN THE STORAGE AREA OF A TAILOR SHOP IN A FRENCH TOWN (TOURS) THAT THE “DOUGHBOY’S” WERE STATIONED IN. 99% ARE IN MINT CONDITION AND ARE OF VARIOUS CONSTRUCTION METHODS. SOME ARE OF WOOL APPLIQUE CONSTRUCTION (COLORED LAYERED WOOL CONSTRUCTION) WHILE OTHERS HAVE VARIOUS FRENCH KEPI PIPING MATERIAL (GOLD, SILVER, ETC) WHICH WAS USED FOR BORDERS AND DETAILS. MOST HAVE NEVER BEEN SEWN ON A UNIFORM. LOT CONTAINED SEVERAL DOUBLES AS MARKED WITH AN ASTERSIKS * AND SOME PATCHES THAT I’VED NEVER SEEN LISTED BEFORE!

ABBREVIATIONS:

WAC = WOOL APPLIQUE (LAYER) SEWN CONSTRUCTION.

EOW = EMBROIDERED COTTON THREAD ON WOOL DISK

GFKP = FRENCH GOLD BRAID KEPI PIPING ON WOOL

SFKP = FRENCH SILVER BULLION BRAID KEPI PIPING ON

WOOL

WFKP = FRENCH WHITE COTTON THREAD KEPI PIPING

ON WOOL

RFKP = FRENCH RED COTTON THREAD KEPI PIPING ON WOOL

|UNIT |DESCRIPTION |COST |

|3RD ARMY |WAC - “A” IS WFKP |$26 |

|3RD CORPS |WAC |$20 |

|5TH CORPS |WAC – 2ND & 3rd QUADRANT ARE RED, OTHER 3 ARE BLUE. |$58 |

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|6th CORPS | SFKP |$30 |

|7th CORPS | WAC WHITE ON DARK BLUE |$36 |

|8th CORPS | SFKP |$32 |

|9th CORPS * | WAC |$28 |

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|2ND DIVISION (REGIMENT??)| WAC, DETAILS ON INDIANS HEAD ARE HAND INKED. SHIELD BACKGR. |$38 |

|2nd DIVISION ( REGIMENT??) | WAC, DETAILS ON INDIANS HEAD ARE HAND INKED. CROSS BACKGRN |$36 |

|4TH DIVISION | WAC |$26 |

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|26TH DIVISION * |WAC |$28 |

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