M43 question

[tankruler1945]

Hey guys, I mostly collect Nazi stuff but recently I've been buying US uniforms and equipment, I have this M43 and was wandering would it be historically accurate to sow on division patches?

Thanks!

Josh

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Josh, shoulder sleeve insignia was authorised for the M43 jacket, so it is accurate.

However, I would not place one on a jacket unless it had had one on there originally. Back in the 1980's when I collected US kit we all did it. But times have changed.

Cheers, Ade.

[Tomasz70]

I totally agree with Adrian! As regards collecting - not only apperance of the item is important, but its history as well. Fixing additional patches (does not matter - original or not) is a kind of "faking" the past... especially in case when there are no signs of patches sewed already. A lot of jackets had no unit patches in the field at all.