a2jacketpatches
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Having these characters ( 美国制造 ) made into a Chinese style Chop ( Official Seal ) Translates into "Made in America" What better way to mark an American made Chinese patch?
tooa2jacketpatches said:Actually just found out these characters 美国制造 are Simplified Chinese, got in touch with a specialist who's put together a database of Traditional Chinese appropriate for WW2. With none of these characters being the same for "American" on a period Blood Chit, it had me wondering so I spent most of the day hunting down my new source. He's even got several fonts to include the "Ancient Seal" as seen here in the translation he sent me. Was just on Ebay ordering my new Chop.
a2jacketpatches said:Having these characters ( 美国制造 ) made into a Chinese style Chop ( Official Seal ) Translates into "Made in America" What better way to mark an American made Chinese patch?
a2jacketpatches said:Yeah, they do look odd, that's because the font is Ancient Chinese Seal style. Compared with a page full of old Chops on Google, maybe not exact spitting images, but same style just refined with crisp clear lines. But I'll fix that with my exacto in a half hour or so. He's got the fonts you're showing here as well and these characters could have been ordered that way right to left in a straight line. But I chose this style for the sole purpose of my "Chop" being the traditional arrangement and method of marking an item/document as one's own. Will be having one of these done with my name phonetically in the same font and style arranged as a chop as well. This guy seems to be an expert at what he does, and like I said, his character for "American" although in the Ancient seal style, is the same as "American" on a WW2 Blood Chit. You'll find the other (top right) on later war Chits representing "America" Lot's of back and forth comparing with several sites and my "Last Hope' the Blood Chit Story book has me confident that this is an accurate representation of WW2 period correct Chop. Not Communist China.
a2jacketpatches said:This you Colin? didn't realize it. Yeah, I was gonna carve my own out of wood the way it was done way back but who's got the time for that? I'll probably use a red acrylic paint as I'm just looking for the appearance of an old Chop and not trying to be 100% period correct. A way to mark my patches as replicas as well so they don't get mistaken as originals down the line.