Original WWII era “cut-edge” 474th RCT patch in unused condition.  Here is some info about the patch quoted from “US ARMY PATCHES”  by Barry Jason Stein:

This insignia was originally approved for the 474th Infantry Regiment on 3 February 1945.  It was re-designated for the Seventy-fourth Regimental Combat Team on 8 July 1954.  The design embodies former insignia of the three units that made up the 474th Infantry Regiment:  the bright red American Indian spearhead belonged to the First Special Service Force, the scroll to the Ranger Battalions; and the blue Viking Ship belonged to the Ninety-ninth Infantry Battalion that was composed of American officers and men of Norwegian ancestry.

Price: SOLD

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