This listing is for a lot of six U.S. Army Corps shoulder sleeve insignia patches in blue / white / red heraldic designs — including 15th, 19th, 21st, 23rd, 24th, and 36th Corps patches per the listing's identification. Suitable for collectors of U.S. Army corps-level shoulder sleeve insignia, WWI / WWII Army organizational structure, and multi-corps reference groupings.
U.S. Army Corps were formations between division and field-army size, each commanding two or more divisions. WWII saw the activation of numerous numbered Corps for the European and Pacific theaters; many used distinctive heraldic shoulder sleeve insignia depicting the corps' symbolic device — crosses, axes, hearts, arrows, and stars all appear in this lot. These corps-level patches are less frequently seen than divisional patches and represent higher echelons of the WWII Army organizational structure.
Yes. A six-patch corps-level lot is one of the most efficient ways to begin building a U.S. Army organizational-structure collection — corps-level patches are less common than divisional patches but more affordable than army-group or theater-command patches. Six different heraldic designs in one purchase gives a new collector immediate variety.
What era and branch is this from?
United States Army, WWII / mid-20th-century corps-level structure.
How rare is this piece?
Individual corps patches surface from time to time, but multi-corps lots covering six different commands at one purchase are noticeably less common.
Is this a good item to start a collection with?
Yes — six different corps-level designs in one lot, useful as both display and reference.
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