|
Reproductions
46th Air Park patch
Dave Kaufman -Trading Post Editor
Here's another patch made for collectors. It just sold on
an online auction site for $250+.
My expertise is not WW I, but I have some basic knowledge of WW I
patches, and I wanted to point this out to our readers.
The patch is for the 46th Air Park. Note that the black background
is sewn to an OD background, and that letters AP are sewn to the
black part. The numerals 46 look as if they glow w/o benefit of a
black light.
This was either a good Air Park patch, and some goofball added the
numerals recently, or the patch is entirely fake. The "46th Air
Park" may not have even existed.
Wool on wool is the easiest to fake. Novice collectors should also
know that physical therapy for wounded WW I doughs, into the 1920s,
consisted of them making patches and sewing them to blankets. Wool
on wool was the chosen material.
I apologize for not having a good Air Park patch for comparison, but
since there were no manufacturer's specifications in WW I, there is
tremendous variance in styles. I don't want someone to think that
the only patch used for comparison is the only "good version".
Perhaps some of our members have good examples of these patches.
Past months articles |
