Need Help: Badge ID?

• Jan 14, 2012

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Njaco

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Again, my pre-wife's best friend is still trying to search info on items from her relatives service in WWII. This is the latest and what she wrote to me.....

Roger's Father was a mechanic in Saipan. He still has his uniform jacket and wool over coat. He was squadron 497th Bombardment Group, worked on 871st Bombardment Squadron planes. I am sending you a patch we cannot identify. See if you know what it is..it's the one that looks like ivy.

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Any help?

 

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• Jan 14, 2012

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Possibly a rank badge? In the RAF, a wreath with a crown inside it denoted a Warrant Officer and, in the British Army, a Sergeant Major.

 

• Jan 14, 2012

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GrauGeist

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Chris, if that's a U.S. army uniform, the wreath denotes a "Distinguished Unit" during the Italian Campaign and the wearer is a member of that particular Distinguished Unit.

That distinction may have also been used in other theaters as well

 

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• Jan 14, 2012

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Well done Dave.

 

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Good work Dave.

 

• Jan 15, 2012

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Njaco

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Thanks all!!