a few colour patches

[badgecollector]

hi all
was lucky enough to pick up this lot of colour patches today. over 200 in total and not many doubles.
going to spend a lot of time going through keith's book to ID them all
thanks keith
bc

[Jackhr]

Are these original or repro??

[fairlie63]

Nice lot BC.

All original that I can see Jack, the 2/6 Armd Regt ones might appear iffy but you often see period 6 Mot Regt examples with the maroon shade instead of scarlet so they are probably good. In fact there are 6 and 7 Mot Regt examples in that lot with the maroon type colour so probably a NSW manufacturing peculiarity.

Interesting oval patch with the vertical split between the blue and the red, incomplete 2/14 Fd Regt perhaps.

[badgecollector]

Originally Posted by Jackhr

Are these original or repro??

hi jack
why do you ask this?
yeah all 100% good.
cheers
bc

[badgecollector]

hi keith
thanks mate for your reply.
there are no doubts in my mind there all good.
im going to spend a few hours with my head in your book but im sure there will be a few questions i need answered or a patch or 2 identified.
cheers
bc

[Jackhr]

Originally Posted by badgecollector

hi jack
why do you ask this?
yeah all 100% good.
cheers
bc

No reason just asking if they are all ok as its a very large collection.

Cheers mate

[badgecollector]

Originally Posted by fairlie63

Nice lot BC.

Interesting oval patch with the vertical split between the blue and the red, incomplete 2/14 Fd Regt perhaps.

hi keith
yeah this was one that had me stumped also and was going to refer it to you.
whats the oval patch with the vertical black and green square?
also interesting to note the variation in the double diamonds. some have complete diamonds side by side, some have overlaping diamonds and then there are the double diamonds but the overlay is one piece not 2
bc

[fairlie63]

Originally Posted by badgecollector

hi keith
yeah this was one that had me stumped also and was going to refer it to you.
whats the oval patch with the vertical black and green square?
bc

Must have missed that one on the first pass, I don't know. Perhaps it was a trial piece for AIF members of 1 Aust Inf Bn while they were with 10 Aust Div.

The independent company and commando squadron ones would just be manufacturers versions.

Even though I got rid of my collection a dozen years ago I still get a thrill looking at patches. Always something different and I keep updating the book. Might put it out on CD to save costs.

Keith