PATCH, MILITARY
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- ITALIAN EAGLE PATCH
- Date Range From
- 1933
- Date Range To
- 1944
- Materials
- CLOTH, THREAD
- Catalogue Number
- P20010021010
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- ITALIAN EAGLE PATCH
- Date Range From
- 1933
- Date Range To
- 1944
- Materials
- CLOTH, THREAD
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 0.2
- Length
- 7.6
- Width
- 5.0
- Description
- PATCH IS PREDOMINATELY BLUE WITH WHITE BORDER AND FIGURES INSIDE. THE MAIN FEATURE INSIDE IS A LARGE ROMAN NUMBERAL II. ON EITHER SIDE OF THE NUMERAL, ARE STYLIZED FIGURES, ONE OF AN EAGLE (OR AT LEAST A LARGE BIRD), AND THE OTHER OF A LION. THERE ARE NO OTHER DISTINGUISHING FEATURES.
- 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. KNIGHT DESCRIBED THIS PATCH AS AN 'ITALIAN EAGLE PATCH', THAT HE WOULD HAVE BROUGHT BACK TO NORTH AMERICA AFTER HIS TIME SERVING OVERSEAS DURING WWII. SEE RECORD P20000036001-GA FOR DONOR BIOGRAPHY AND BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FSSF.
- Catalogue Number
- P20010021010
- Acquisition Date
- 2001-09
- Collection
- Museum
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