Great selection as usual Ron and not much to add. I have a few but my 1st pattern and 2nd patterns wreaths in tombac arent marked and I have 1 aluminum marked "2" like yours so the only different version I have is a gold aluminum version marked "12"
As an aside, I'm also fairly sure that the cap eagle in your first post is a silver version of the attached KM/gold version that was made by JFS: very distinctive head and "beer belly"
You are probably saying to yourself........."This guy must really have a lot of time on his hands, and looks like he doesn't have anything better to do.
He needs to get a life!"
You are probably right, but I have always been fascinated with insignia, and these are a small part.
However, one of the first TR items that I acquired over 50 years ago from a Veteran neighbor was a hat wreath.
Many have accumulated through the years.
Here are a few of them showing the maker marks.
Please add yours if you would like.......
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Hallo Ron
Very informative thread about a fundamental topic that is rarely examined
I think that you could, if you want, even start a similar thread about the Army eagles. I remember an attempt many years ago but it stopped almost immediately.
Instead, in my opinion, these are the basics we need to know, partly because the market is flooded by the fakes. Probably, in both cases, an exhaustive classification is almost impossible, however, the photographic examples of real specimens are of great help for all of us.
Because this precious thread regards the visors' wreaths & cockades, I pray the moderators to move it in the Cloth Headgear Forum, obviously with Ron's consent, where it will find, in my opinion, a larger development.
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