WW2 ruptured Duck Patch?

[KradSpam]

Hi guys, I'm just wondering if this patch is original WW2 manufacture? I take it that the end of WW2 was the only time they were issued, not before or after? I have got loads of these all in unissued condition, I just wanted to make sure they were legit before I put them up for sale.

Many thanks!
Andy

[Adrian Stevenson]

hi Andy, I am not really up to date with all things US: but I cannot see these being copied?

So I would so it is OK.

Cheers, Ade.

[KradSpam]

Thanks Ade, I thought the same about reproduction. I imagine there would be a shedload of these produced at the time and they are still very cheap as originals.

[Walkwolf]

Lol, I remember these as a kid in the 60's - the Ruptured Duck
emblems were inside little plastic containers in a 5 cent
gumball machine at the local grocery store.........

[ww2relichunter]

This is a original example but as stated before they are not worth anything here in the us they are a dime a dozen!! you could sell them at best for maybe .50 to .75 cents on a good day each !!

[rogge16]

Andy: I know nothing about ruptured duck patches but these were my grandfather's. They are original.

Luke

[KradSpam]

Hi Luke, very useful thanks. It seems there were a good few variants. This one on the right looks to be mine

[cricketchris1944]

Nobody in the US are buy them,they are so many .
They are not faking them.
chris

[MD Helmets]

On a side note, a few months back I got a text from someone in response to my Ad on CL for helmets. The guy tried to sell me a 1930s Luftwaffe pilots ring, asking around $6,000. It was a ruptured duck ring. That was comical.

[Sir Payne]

That eagle really does look like a duck