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Vintage United States Army 1st Army Insignia Patch, Vietnam Era Patch
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United States Army
1st Army Insignia Patch
First Army is the oldest and longest-established field army of the United States Army. It served as a theater army, having seen service in both World War I and World War II, and supplied the US army with soldiers and equipment during the Korean War and the Vietnam war under some of the most famous and distinguished officers of the U.S. Army. It now serves as a mobilization, readiness and training command.
This merrowed edge patch is of the second design, from the Vietnam War era. It was autorised(with the merrowed edge) on the 20th September, 1967, by the military institute of heraldry. It was manufactured by the EVEREADY EMBROIDERY company in 1968 as official USGI military patch with a snow back.
1st Army SSI (AG)Patch, full colour, 2nd design from 1968 with merrowed edge
