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WWI Shoulder Patches / Sleeve Insignia

Also see: Awards, Decorations, Campaign & Service Medals, WWI Uniforms, Insignia, (Distinguishing Marks), Rank, etc.; Data on U.S. Army Divisions during World War I, WWI, The Great War; and American Expeditionary Forces, A. E. F. -- Distinctive Insignia of US Army 1917 - 1919.

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WWI United States Military Shoulder Patches / Sleeve Insignias
collected in 1918-1919 by
Pauline Waring Herrick (1881—1935)
while a Member of the
YMCA AEF Relief Commission
Brest, France

The blanket dimensions are approximately 4' x 6.'

1A – 4th Infantry Division (Ivy Design; 'i-vy' standing for 'IV.') 10/30/18 – 9/13/68. Camp Green, North Carolina in 1917. Four ivy leaves fidelity and tenacity. Four green ivy leaves connected by green stems to a blue center target on khaki patch. ‘Diamond’ mount.

1B – 1st Army Group (First Design) 11/18/18 – 3/7/49 black trapezoid ‘A’ (Gothic 'A'). The lower section of the 'A' was used to indicate different arms of the service.

1D – 2nd Army 12/11/18- 1/1/66 Organized 9/1918 at Toul, France. Gothic '2.' Red and White (like Army Headquarters) ‘2’ on khaki patch with cut-off top corners.

1E – 27th Infantry Division 10/29/18 – 12/31/45. WWI campaigns: Ypres-Lys and Somme Offensive. Monogram ‘NY’ on Constellation ‘Orion’ of seven stars (honor 1st Commanding Officer Maj. Gen. J. F. O’Ryan.), red design on black patch. (see also 3G, below)

1F – Third Army 12/20/18 – present Organized 11/1918 at Ligny-en-Barrois, France. White ‘A’ (army) in Red ring on blue disc. Red ring an ‘O’ for army of occupation, WWI. [W. P. Krug of 90th Infantry Division attached to 3rd Army July 1944 to Jan 1945 under Commanding Officer George Patton.]

1H – 78th Infantry Division 1/24/19 – 5/1/59 “Lightning Division” WWI campaigns: St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne and Lorraine. White flash on red semi disc. See also 5F, below.

2B – I Corps 1/1918 at Neufchateau, France – present. WWI campaigns: Isle-de-France, Champagne-Marne, Aisne-Marne, Champagne, St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne. White circle on blue disc.

2C – III Corps 12/3/18 – Present Organized 5/1918 at Mussy-sur-Seine, France. Black caltrop (4-sided military instrument used against cavalries) with white center triangle on khaki patch.

2E – VI Corps, 1st design 1/1/19 – 6/1944. Organized 7/1918 at Neufchateau, France. WWI campaign: Lorraine. Gold ‘6’ on navy blue patch inside gold ring.

2F – VII Corps, 1st design. 11/19/18 – 7/11/19. Organized 8/1918 at Remiremont, France. White Arabic ‘7’ on 6- point navy blue shield.

2G – VIII Corps 12/18/18 – 4/1/68. Organized 11/1918 at Montigny-sur-Aube, France. Gold Arabic ‘8’ inside gold octagon frame on navy blue patch.

2H – 84th Infantry Division (Lincoln Division) 1st design. 8/1917 – 11/1921. Red bladed axe on white disc inside red ring with ‘Lincoln’ and ‘84’ spelled out.

3A – 1st Infantry Division (Big Red One) 10/31/18 – present. Organized 6/1917 in New York City. First: to land in France, to the front, to fire at enemy, to attack, to raid, to suffer casualties, to inflict casualties. Highly decorated. Red ‘1’ on rectangular khaki patch.

3B – 2nd Infantry Division (Indian Head in war bonnet) 11/6/18- present. Organized 10/1917 at Bourmont, Haute-Marne, France. Highly decorated. Red Indian head on white star on navy blue 4 pointed shield. The Indian Head could be on different shapes of background material to show regiments. Different colored background material was used to signify battalion or company.

3C – 3rd Infantry Division (Marne Division) 10/24/18 – present. Organized at Camp Green, North Carolina in 1917. Stopped the last of the German offensives at the Marne. Three white diagonal stripes (for 3rd Division) from R to L on blue (for loyalty) square patch. Three stripes stand for three major campaigns in WWI: Marne, St. Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne.

3D – General Headquarters, Gen. Hdqtrs, or GHQ. AEF 1918 Selected by Gen Pershing to be worn by all Gen. Hdqtrs. Staff with American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) while in or near the front in WWI as distinguishing mark.

3E – 5th Infantry Division (Red Diamond Division) 10/20/18 – 1993 Organized 12/1917 at Camp Logan, Texas. Named after a trade name: “Diamond Dye – it never runs”. A red 4-point diamond.

3F – 6th Infantry Division first design. Organized at Camp McClellan, Alabama in 11/1917 arrived France in 1918. Marched more than any other Division hence called the “Sight-seeing Sixth”. Arabic ‘6’ on a 6-pointed red star on a khaki patch. Design was never officially approved.

3G – 27th Infantry Division: a monogram of a ‘N on Y’ on a blue disc with a red ring. (see also 1E, above)

3H – 8th Infantry Division (Pathfinder) 4/8/19- 1992. Organized 1/1918 at Camp Fremont, California. Arabic gold ‘8’ on a gold arrow on a black 3-point shield.

4A – 28th Infantry Division (Keystone) 10/19/18 – Present. Organized 3/1879 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as Division of National Guard. Called to active duty 8/1917. The keystone is from the state seal of Pennsylvania. Alternate nickname “Bucket of Blood”. WWI campaigns: Champagne-Marne, Aisne-Marne, Oise-Aisne and Meuse-Argonne.

4B – 29th Infantry Division 10/21/18 – Present. (Blue & Gray). Men from Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and District of Columbia. Combined men from North and South. Disc patch is Korean symbol for good luck (yin & yang) with blue and gray colors standing for troops from the North and South.

4C – 7th Infantry Division 10/23/18 – 1994. (Hour Glass) Organized at Camp Wheeler, Georgia 1/1918. Lorraine, France. Two superimposed ‘7’s’ on a Red disc with gold circle. Two interconnecting '7's - one upright and the over inverted.

4D – 32 Infantry Division 11/11/18 – 2/28/46 (Red Arrow, piercing a line). Organized from Michigan and Wisconsin National Guard at Camp MacArthur, Texas 8/1917. Arrow selected because they “shot thru every line the Boche put up”! WWI campaigns: Aisne-Marne, Oise-Aisne, Meuse-Argonne, Alsace and Champagne. Red arrow with horizontal line thru middle.

4E – 33rd Infantry Division (Prairie) 10/21/18 – 2/5/46. Illinois National Guard. Gold cross on blue disc. Symbol was considered taboo by Moros in Philippines where elements of 33rd were stationed to discourage theft of clothing by Moros. This one is on a square, not a disc.

4F – 34th Infantry Division (Sandstorm) 10/29/18 – late 1930’s. Organized 8/1917 at Camp Cody in Deming, New Mexico from National Guard units from Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Black patch has shape of an olla (Mexican water flask) on which is red bull skull found in desert.

4G – 36th Infantry Division (Panther) 11/12/18 – late 1930’s. Organized from Texas and Oklahoma National Guard units. The ‘T’

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