Akiko
I hear what you are saying, I can't speak on this patch as to exactly when it was made.
Original Drawings and documented first batches produced are great,however once units deploy overseas and said units require "patches" its off to the local bazaar or vendor at a base and voila we have another set(s) made, they might also have them designed/shaped differently for each rotation, which makes it difficult to track and it gets lost in time.
I am glad you are documenting these patches, hopefully one day you can release information (book) to preserve the units history.
The best and muddied waters are US ODA Team patches and thats another story.............
Phill
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