thoughts on these 3 colour patches please

[badgecollector]

hi all
what are your thoughts on these 3 colour patches?
the smaller one looks to be made from a cotton thread.
the oval one from felt
and the square one a very thin wool?
anyway, what are your thoughts? good or bad
cheers
bc

[vigilans]

Originally Posted by badgecollector

hi all
what are your thoughts on these 3 colour patches?
the smaller one looks to be made from a cotton thread.
the oval one from felt
and the square one a very thin wool?
anyway, what are your thoughts? good or bad
cheers
bc

Don't like them Bradley, stitching is poor, not conducive with 2nd A.I.F colour patches that are considered the norm....did you make them?

[Jackhr]

Originally Posted by vigilans

Don't like them Bradley, stitching is poor, not conducive with 2nd A.I.F colour patches that are considered the norm....did you make them?

[vigilans]

Originally Posted by Jackhr

Just having a bit of fun Jackhr

[Jackhr]

Originally Posted by vigilans

Just having a bit of fun Jackhr

I like your style

[fairlie63]

The red and blue patch is probably quite ok, made up as a miniature. Oval patch I would have given a miss when I was collecting, don't like it. 27 Bn or 2/27 Bn patch, background cloth is reminiscent of some Middle East manufactured patches I've seen but the shiny thread and hand stitching means I would have also probably given this one a miss.
Keith

[fairlie63]

There is not necessarily anything wrong with hand stiching, for instance two out of three Aust Geographical Sec patches I had were hand-stitched, and one had provenance. It seems the issue patches were actually embroidered.

Many blokes would also have added grey backgrounds to their cut-down militia patches during 1942 when they joined the AIF, particularly in isolated stations. But they are not common and I'm always wary of them.

Keith

[badgecollector]

thanks keith
the 2 patches other than the oval patch came in separate lots of militaria items that were all good and period.
i agree with what you said but may tuck them aside in the unsure/unknown box and throw out the oval patch.
i previously had a couple hand stitched patches that you said were probably ok but you would have been wary, which were collected in the early 50s and stitched to a blanket by a nurse at a military hospital in australia. that collection had a lot of blanket material patches which at the time i hadnt seen before.
thanks for your reply keith
bc

[green_jas]

I think you would have to be concerned that they appear to be hand sewn, meaning they are not machine made as you would expect to see. They could of been made up yesterday. I would reject these out of the collection.

Jas

[fairlie63]

Originally Posted by green_jas

I think you would have to be concerned that they appear to be hand sewn, meaning they are not machine made as you would expect to see. They could of been made up yesterday. I would reject these out of the collection.

Jas

I think every patch has got to be considered on its stand-alone merits. I would expect for instance to see miniature colour patches hand sewn. They were not an issue item.

Other circumstances possibly made it impossible to access sewing machines - PoW for instance. During the Great War the difficulty in sourcing colour patches in late 1917 and early to mid 1918 became a significant issue in which even Monash became involved.

Keith