US Army Prototype Sketches from an Insignia contest

[dujardin]

for patch/insignia lovers

http://www.befr.ebay.be/itm/22133489272 ... 1436.l2649

 

[dujardin]

finally, i decide to place a little cash on it

if i win, i will let you know

and in case of, will send glady scans of the pages to interested guy

 

[dujardin]

ho ho hooooooooooo, it's Santa Claus

i get it

 

[Andrew]

Congratulations Marcel, that is a really interesting and cool piece of VLJ relevant artwork you have there and it'd be great to see the design materialized if one of our Artists has a go at it.

 

[Vcruiser]

Very unusual.
Nice find Marcel..!!

Van

 

[dujardin]

... : it'd be great to see the design materialized if one of our Artists has a go at it.


when i will get it in hand, normally around 10 january (they transit by parents's collegua) , i will be more than happy to share it with anybody
and also very interested to see one realised by one of our artist
i win it but i consider it's a piece of ''patch's history'', so i consider it's public domein
if somebody is interested, just send me a pm

 

[TankBuster]

Very nice score, especially at the price you got it at! Congrats!

 

[Rutger]

That's a great find, in those days sketching was still considered a craft rather than a casual drawing that nowadays is called a sketch.
The real challenge is of course to determine which unit it was meant for. A Group for armed recce equipped with P-38 and P-51 and a member by the name of Sauls?
I like the versions with the art-deco-ish wings.

I'd be very interested in one materialize in both incised and leather-on-leather.

 

[dujardin]

thanks for the interest

will prevent you as soon as i receive it

my collegua (and friend) came back first week of january from Louisiana

could be a nice patch
the one with the colour guide could be accurately reproduced

i check in my file but found nothing at this time

 

[dujardin]

a quick search give me this

Sauls give me Saul
and on wikipedia i found this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saidor_Airport

one unit present there in 44 was the 82d Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (71st Reconnaissance Group), (5 April – 27 June 1944), P-39 Airacobra

just an idea

 

[Rutger]

Word is around on other forums as well.
http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/ ... these-out/

I found this list of US recce groups which should narrow it down to those that flew P-38 and P51:
http://www.airrecce.co.uk/WW2/units/USAAF.html

 

[EMBLEMHUNTER]

Sure hope we can nail down what Unit/Group/Sqd this was made for ,very cool designs !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Johnny