82nd, 17th and 11th Airborne Division Patches

[Politefaun]

Hello all, I picked these three patches up over the last two months as what else looks better with an 101st patch than the rest of the WW2 Airborne Divisions. The 82nd square is a "greenback" but from what I can tell one company throughout the war made greenback 82nd squares and it's the greenback tab for them that's pretty rare. I think the 17th is post war due to the uneven cut edge which would make sense as they were reactivated in 1948 as a training division and from what I can tell the 11th is WW2. All I'm missing is the 13th Airborne patch to get all the divisions, though I'd like to find an 18th Airborne Corps and 2nd Airborne Infantry Brigade as well. Thank you for reading.

[MAP]

Don't know anything about identifying patches but they sure look great together

Good luck getting the others. Maybe at the next local show?

[Rick W]

Hi Mate,
Here is a WW2 11th AB patch for reference .
Good luck with your collecting.
Cheers Rick

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[Politefaun]

Don't know anything about identifying patches but they sure look great together

Good luck getting the others. Maybe at the next local show?

That's what I'm thinking, hopefully the one in September will still happen.

[John4022]

I really like the greenback 82nd

[Rick W]

Yes thats a very nice Greenback mate,
You need to keep your eyes open for a proper matching WW2 tab to go with it.
Pic for reference .
Cheers Rick

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[AZPhil]

Excellent Airborne patch collection.

Semper Fi
Phil

[rra227]

Great greenback insignia. Rich A. in Pa.

[Terry Webb]

One thing you might do is give them the black light test. Unfortunately there are some really good repro's these days. The greenback 82nd is indeed nice! here are a few of the ones I had if you want to compare them.









Hope it helps,

Terry

[Tank Destroyer]

Great patches