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Welcome to the ASMIC Website!
"New Info On Wearing
Insignia on Dress Blues"
The
July-September 2009 is at the printer, if you don't renew,
you'll miss the next color issue!
Dave Kaufman
Editor, The Trading Post
Please
check your Apr-Jun address label address label to see if it indicates
that your membership needs
to be renewed. If so please renew online by using the button below:
We have improving and redesigning our site to better
serve our Membership, and the collecting community as a whole.
If
you would like to learn more about ASMIC please click the "About
ASMIC" link.
If you like what you see on the site, and would like
even more useful information, we invite you to join ASMIC!
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WE
WANT
YOU
To
join ASMIC Today!
Join with thousands of
other members around the world who share your interests!
The American Society of Military Insignia Collectors
(ASMIC) is the oldest and largest organization of
collectors of military insignia in the world. Founded in
1937 by a small group of enthusiasts and chartered as a
non-profit organization, today the Society is 'home' to
nearly 2,000 dedicated collectors in the United States
and two dozen foreign countries. Whether you are a
collector of military insignia or a student of heraldry
or military history, whether an expert or novice, you
will find membership in ASMIC educational and enjoyable.
Membership has many advantages.
ASMIC publishes a quarterly journal entitled The Trading
Post and a Newsletter.
"The Post" provides a wide-range of information on many
aspects of U.S. and foreign insignia. Articles from
members, illustrations of both old and new cloth and
metal emblems appear in each issue. New and unusual
patches and distinctive insignia (DIs) are illustrated
in full-color front and back covers. Unidentified Insignia are covered in a
separate column in The Trading Post
The Newsletter brings word of insignia and dress items
for trade or sale via classified and display ads.
Society members rely on the Newsletter to advertise for
insignia they wish to include in their collections and
for announcements of regional and national insignia and
militaria shows.
The ASMIC Library contains nearly 1,000 reference
sources available for loan to members. These
publication range from back issues of "The Post,"
identification catalogs published by the Society, books,
and documents concerned with insignia and their
development. Journals of other collector and militaria
organizations can also be borrowed from the ASMIC
Library
ASMIC also possesses over 20,000 line drawing of
military insignia, including detailed descriptions of
known variations. Many of these appear in the Society's
shoulder patch and distinctive insignia identification
catalogs. One of the advantages of ASMIC membership is
that these catalogs are available to members at a
discount. Importantly, membership in the Society also
includes the opportunity to contact over 2,000 other
collectors interested in trading, selling, or "talking"
insignia.
Membership in the Society is thus well worth the cost of the membership
fee.
Also check out our
EBAY Store
for special deals that combine Membership and special
pricing on GREAT books at Member rates! |
Please
click on the "Membership" link to use
our online membership form.
What's New?
(click the picture above for more info)
Check out the Reproductions page.
We will be listing a new article quarterly This
quarter:
46th Air Park patch
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New:
The Arms & Armor Dept. at
Bonhams & Butterfields auction house in San Francisco
will be offering the insignia and wings collection of the noted collector
and author Col. J. Duncan Campbell in their June 2nd
sale!
CATALOG NOW ONLINE!
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