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3rd ARMOR DIVISION FRIEDBURG, GERMANY (FOREIGN MADE ?) NOT PERIOD ORIGINAL (UV)
3rd ARMOR DIVISION FRIEDBURG, GERMANY (FOREIGN MADE ?) NOT PERIOD ORIGINAL (UV)

3rd ARMOR DIVISION FRIEDBURG, GERMANY (FOREIGN MADE ?) NOT PERIOD ORIGINAL (UV)

$ 4.22

Availability: 24 in stock
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Condition: A fully embroidered patch with an OD border and a cut edge (C/E) white back and a unique embroidery pattern making me think it is foreign made or maybe just custom made. It has UV glow from the white bobbin thread. The most interesting issue is that "FREDBERG" is the incorrect spelling of the city of "FRIEDBERG" where the 3rd Armored Division had units based from 1945 to 1996. This is either a copy of something the guys did with their WWII patches or it was made for a veteran. I really don't know but either way it is a collectible piece that is well made and the only shortcoming is someone didn't check the spelling, which probably means you won't find many of these ! LOL
  • Modified Item: Yes
  • Time Period Manufactured: 1946-49

    Description

    From the ARMOR (triangle) collection of a major collector / dealer who is now retired after 60+ years of collecting and 19 years of selling on ebay.  The entire collection of ARMOR will be sold on ebay.  The collection always added variations when possible, so look carefully at what you think is a common version and consider the possible variations; a common example, the size of the lightening bolt.  These patches actually cover the time period of 1939 to the very early 1970's.
    The majority of these patches are mounted on 4" x 5" card stock for display in plastic pages held in binders.  Most of the patches were mounted with glue dots and can easily be removed.  A very large portion of this collection was purchased years ago from an individual  who had white glued the patches to a blue poster board !  Needless to say, there are varying degrees
    of
    glue and paper residue on the backs of many of the patches.  It is possible to remove the residue should you not want the patches mounted.  NOTE:  There are motto tabs/boxes with some of the patches that are appropriate for the unit but not the particular patch based on manufacture.  Most of the mottos are post WW II.
    There were numbers added to patches during the war but many were added later.  At one time (1960's to the early 1970's) such patch manufacturers as PATCH KING and EMBLEMS AND BADGES (both out of New York) were offering any number put onto the apex of the Armor patch.  Some of the PATCH KINGS earlier attempts are hard to spot from the " original " pieces.  EMBLEMS AND BADGES offered
    their
    copies on Armored Patches with an AG CUT EDGE border.
    NOTE:  If you are buying more than one patch REQUEST or WAIT until I send you an invoice as we combine shipping and I physically must change the price on the invoice (.30 ea additional patch up to the maximum shipping cost of .00). SHIPPING is First Class Package which includes TRACKING.  I DO NOT SHIP INTERNATIONAL - US ADDRESSES ONLY.
    My auctions and buy it now offers are straight forward, so please do not ask me to make any changes.  I DO NOT ACCEPT RETURNS,
    so please insure that you are committed before you bid or push the buy it now button.
    May God Bless our Military men and women, our Law Enforcement men and women and our First Responder men and woman.  We need to pray for this country.