82nd airborne patch review

[LarryC]

Hello guys, I would like your opinion on this bullion patch. Is even possible to authenticate a bullion patch? Oh and it doesnt glow under a black light.
Thanks a lot
Larry

[GIZMO8Z]

It's either a rare, expensive piece or a fake....

Are the bullion threads metal or cloth thread?

[LarryC]

they are cloth

[Black Edelweiss]

looks homemade or soldier front made

[gel65]

This is a repro in my oppinion appears to me a newly made patch that has been made in vietnam in the last 10 years

[LarryC]

Thanks for your input guys! And gel65.... i'm not questioning your knowlegde here but for educational purpose what makes you believe it's a repro?

[GIZMO8Z]

Larry,

I would contact James at Top Kick Militaria... he is super knowledgeable on airborne stuff

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[LarryC]

great thank you!

[LarryC]

So I got an answer..... James told me that it COULD be real but it's probably a fancy repro.

[gel65]

Compair these two patches, this one is one of the recent made patches that are coming out of vietnam, the reason that the patch does not glow is because the vietnamese have been making berets, patches, and other items the same since the 1960s after the war hope this helps