PATCH, MILITARY
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- FIRST SPECIAL SERVICE FORCES PATCH
- Date Range From
- 1939
- Date Range To
- 1944
- Materials
- CLOTH, THREAD
- Catalogue Number
- P20010021002
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- FIRST SPECIAL SERVICE FORCES PATCH
- Date Range From
- 1939
- Date Range To
- 1944
- Materials
- CLOTH, THREAD
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 0.2
- Length
- 7.7
- Width
- 3.2
- Description
- THE PATCH IS IN THE SHAPE OF A RED ARROW HEAD, WITH THE "USA" ACROSS THE TOP OF THE ARROWHEAD. DOWN THE CENTER, UNDER "USA", IS "CANADA".
- Subjects
- PERSONAL SYMBOL
- Historical Association
- MILITARY
- History
- THE DONOR OF THIS ARTIFACT, JOHN LLOYD KNIGHT, SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST SPECIAL SERVICE FORCE (ALSO KNOWN AS THE DEVILS BRIGADE) DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. THE FIRST SPECIAL SERVICE FORCE WAS A JOINT AMERICAN - CANADIAN MILITARY FORCE THAT WAS WELL KNOWN AND RESPECTED BY ALLIES AND FEARED BY THE ENEMY. THE CANADIAN COMPONENT WAS ORIGINALLY THE 2ND CANADIAN PARACHUTE BATTALION; THEN IN 1942 IT JOINED WITH US ARMY TROOPS TO FORM THE JOINT FORCE. TRAINING FOR SERVICE IN THIS SPECIAL FORCES UNIT WAS DIFFICULT AND VERY SPECIALIZED. THEIR REPEATED SUCCESS EARNED THEM THE NAME OF 'THE DEVILS BRIGADE', AND THE WERE KNOWN TO GERMAN SOLDIERS AS THE 'BLACK DEVILS'. THE FORCE WAS DISBANDED IN DECEMBER OF 1944. SEE RECORD P20000036001-GA FOR DONOR BIOGRAPHY AND BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FSSF.
- Catalogue Number
- P20010021002
- Acquisition Date
- 2001-09
- Collection
- Museum
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