Assistace In Identifying This Cloth Shield

[W. C. Stump]

A friend sent me this cloth patch/shield to identify and I haven't the slightest idea what it is.

[Gene]

Looks like something a kid would wear on a school uniform

[W. C. Stump]

YOU ARE FUNNY TONIGHT

I have been informed that this is the location for a U-Boat bases in France. The port of Saint Nazaire had two U-boat combat flotillas located there, the 6th and 7th. Now if this patch was for the men's "Boy Scout" troops, I am sure we may find out soon.

[Gene]

I wasn't trying to be funny, but the patch you have presented doesn't look "military" in the slightest. St. Nazaire may have been a U-Boot hub but it's still an ordinary French town too.

[W. C. Stump]

I KNOW NOTHING

Yes, a town, maybe a town crest? I just:

[Dave Suter]

Actually, some kind of town crest does make sense. It seems to me that keys are used to signify a town, and with the Viking ship for a seaport town, why not? Doesn't look military to me at all. My guess is that it's intended to be worn on a blazer jacket. How big is it Bill?

[Frank Heukemes]

Dear Bill,

Looks like a tourist patch for that city. We have a lot of these in Europe, every city with just something worth being looked at by tourists sells these kind of patches in souvenir shops. I had a lot of those when I was a boy, not that particular one though. We had a similar recent case somewhere here on the forum where somebody presented a "Salzburg shield" of the same pattern.

Cheers, Frank H.

[W. C. Stump]

THANKS

Thanks to all for the information. I will pass the information along to the owner of the patch.