[Covenantor]

Thanks...interesting info about symbol significance on that forum thread. Bad Tolz WWII history was new to me.... and market in fake/repro patches.

[archy]

Thanks...interesting info about symbol significance on that forum thread. Bad Tolz WWII history was new to me.... and market in fake/repro patches.

One more item of info for you: A LOT of the *Specialty* patches [like the Green Light SADM teams] were not usually worn on the outside on uniform shirts/jackets, but rather sewn to the inside liner of the beret.

And that's right where mine is.

[archy]

Bad Tolz WWII history was new to me.... and market in fake/repro patches.

Oh, man, the stories about Toelz/ Flint Kaserne in the 1950s/'60s/'70s! The Old Man's desk and the ghostly SS Hauptsturmfuhrer whose clicking hobnailed boots could be heard on the basement halls when nobody was there. And of course, a lot of guys who went off to sunny climes in Southeast Asia [and elsewhere] and who might just be looking over your shoulder to see how things were going at the old place....

The Augsburg [aka *Eggsburg* to GIs] patches were commonplace, especially around the 24th division guys and ASA teams stationed there. And yep, the Navy was there too....