Armor patch

[Jim Baker]

Hey guys,

Can you please give me your opinions of this I Armor Corps patch. Thanks in advance.

[Jim Baker]

The reverse.....

[Para82nd]

I dont like the back at all

[Jim Baker]

I was told it's no glow, out of an old collection and has a return on it. The guy seems pretty sure it's good. I think I also read on this forum that the green back is desirable.

[Shawn Southern]

I dont like the back at all

Are greenbacks being faked?!!!

[Jim Baker]

I was hoping you guys could tell me. It's a beauty, and my first Corps patch. Besides, I already bought it.

[Para82nd]

My expertise is in the Commonwealth Feild, i was just stateing my opinion.

WAit for guys with more knolege post.

[Shawn Southern]

I was hoping you guys could tell me. It's a beauty, and my first Corps patch. Besides, I already bought it.

Looks to me like a perfectly good patch. The so-called greenback patches usually fetch more bucks. I suppose if one were to fake US patches, the financial inducement would be there , as contrasted with a "standard" patch. I'll be interested to hear what others have to say.

[Jim Baker]

My first adventure into the winning side and I'm already stirring up sh!t! I really just wanted to show off a pretty patch.

[johnrtse]

Looks like a perfectly fine "greenback" I Corps Armor patch to me!

[Jim Baker]

Hi John,

Thanks. I like it.

[Gary Cain]

The patch is fine! Green backs are not any rarer than white backs but for some reason collectors like them more. To the best of my knowledge they are not being faked.........yet.

Gary

Hi John,

Thanks. I like it.

[Garth Thompson]

This is a perfectly good I Armoured Corps patch. The OD or "greenback" base thread patches are considered a little more desirable by patch collectors because it predates the patches that have the cotton/rayon or "white" base thread. Other color base thread patches that have been observed are black, purple and red. Patches with these base thread colors should be considered scarce.

Garth

[Allan H.]

I'm going to chime in here also- I have collected patches for over 30 years now, since age 10, this one is right as right can be!
Also, there are a few fake green backs running around, but you don't need to be worried about them faking a $5 green back patch. The ones i have seen are pretty easy to spot as the green is not the "right" shade of OD and they have a very stiff feel to them.
What most patch collectors need to be aware of is that there are some unscrupulous characters out there adding OD borders to patches that don't normally have OD borders- some examples include but are certainly not limited to- 101st Airborne (not the tab- at least not yet), 77th, 79th, 86th, 87th, 88th, & 98th Divisions, Tank Destroyer, and the like. These characters are taking original patches and adding a border. Again, the borders are usually not quite the right color and the border is a little bit uneven.
Allan

This is a perfectly good I Armoured Corps patch. The OD or "greenback" base thread patches are considered a little more desirable by patch collectors because it predates the patches that have the cotton/rayon or "white" base thread. Other color base thread patches that have been observed are black, purple and red. Patches with these base thread colors should be considered scarce.

Garth

[Kurt A.]

Actually, there are some fake greenback appearing - usually fakes of rare patches. A couple that come to mind, that I frequently see on Ebay, are the first style 1st Service Command (the "football") and the Armed Forces Information School. I've never seen an original of either of these in greenback. And, the Armed Forces Information School, being post war, probably shouldn't exist in greenback. The fake greenbacks tend to look like the green was "sprinkled-on." Very different from what I've seen in originals. This armor patch is what I like a greenback to look like.
Kurt

The patch is fine! Green backs are not any rarer than white backs but for some reason collectors like them more. To the best of my knowledge they are not being faked.........yet.

Gary