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On this page I will be showing different types of patches worn by WW2 Paratroopers.
These include the various PX patches and PIR patches.
Shown below left to right are;
Bullion Troop Carrier patch
Large Troop Carrier patch
13th Airborne Division
Allied Airborne patch or the "AAA"
508th PIR patch (probably foreign made)
FSSF "usa/canada patch
Emroidered on tan jump wing
18th Airborne Division (ghost division)
506th PIR "Pair-O-Dice" patch
| 501st PIR pocket patch |
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| Due to the value of these type patches, many are fake or repro's. |
Below are pictured the following left to right;
507th PIR pocket patch
502nd PIR pocket patch
3 slightly different 82nd Abn. patches
17th Airborne Division
11th Airborne Division
Airborne Command patch
Below are shown PX patches. The light blue ones were worn by Parachute Infantry and Glider-born troops,
while red was worn by Parachute or Glider Artillery and Engineers.
Below are shown 2 different types of Invasion flags.
The top one is a cut down arm brassard that was worn by an HQ 82nd Airborne glider rider in
Holland.
The bottom one is the much rarer cheesecloth version that the same man wore on D-day June 6th, 1944.
He landed very near St.Mere Eglise in the first glider serial.
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