82nd Airborne patch advice

[aps]

Hi all !
need a little expert advice/info on the below item if possible
Probably been discussed to death but here goes

ww2 genuine period or ? etc etc
many thanks in advance
Clicky for high res piccy

[SteveR]

From what I can see it is a good one.
Please try to post your photos right side up.

[aps]

Thanks Steve ,
Appreciate your help
( just modified images )

[darrenj40]

100% looks great...good one

[gel65]

Looks good to me ww2 era, shows some honest wear

[aps]

Excellent stuff , thanks all for the info !
Wasn't 100% sure but that's put my mind at rest .

Very tough these days to get a good collection going , so far I've had reasonable success .

Regards

[overlandflyer]

as a comparison, here is a patch from my dad's collection i know is from WWII...



looks like a different type of stitching and it has an OD border, but i don't know enough about variations to say anything about yours. i definitely have a few from WWII that show construction and even size differences. someone recommended a book in a previous question i posted, but i've yet to pick it up.

good luck...gary

[gel65]

Gary the one you have posted with the OD border I was told was produced early in the war and then later they stoped using the OD border very nice patch

[aps]

Yes the main reason apart from clarifying its authenticity was the variants that are around ..
Just how do you tell ?? the trained eye ...

regards

[overlandflyer]

Gary the one you have posted with the OD border I was told was produced early in the war ...

yes, i have heard this before. sort of made sense to make the stitching to the uniform a consistent color. have to add that almost all (if not all) the patches i have which still have attachment threads seem to have been hand stitched to the uniform. i suppose the caveat to that would be that machine stitching by its nature is a lot easier to remove completely.