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Couple "Classic" Coinstrike finds from WWII

Bill Ladd

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I hit my WWII site on Sunday for a little while with the Coinstrike. The C$ loves round items, & these 2 uniform "collar discs" locked in hard like a large cent. They are probably brass. I have found several of these over the years & I love doing the research on what "company" they were, where they were in Europe, etc. If only they could talk....
The "302 D" one is the...."Signal Battalion, D company" & I found the following info>>>>>>>
After the United States entered World War II, the battalion was redesignated the 302d Signal Operation Battalion on 8 December 1942, and ordered into active military service on 23 February 1943 at Camp Swift, Texas under Fifth Headquarters, Special Troops, Third Army. The battalion arrived at Avonmout, England on 9 March 1944, and was assigned to First United States Army Group (FUSAG), which was later renamed 12th Army Group under General Omar Bradley. Between D-Day and VE Day, the battalion supported the Third Army and General Patton
 
If it was a small unit, I could even go so far as to get a list of names.....
But, I imagine there were 1000's.....
HH,
Bill
 
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Bill - those collar insignia look like WW I, or at least pre-WW II Infantry buttons, which strikes me as a little strange in connection with the "Signal" function. The Signal Corps was started in the Civil War and had their own insignia of crossed flags by 1868 (see Wikipedia, "Signal Corps"). Anyway, there must be a little more interesting background to find on them. Nice finds. HH
 
Bill I don't know if this will help. Here is a book on USA collar insignias..
http://books.google.com/books?id=trbBXKeHO3sC&pg=PA45&lpg=PA45&dq=us+army+collar+insignia+49th+g&source=bl&ots=a3Vp8yt9J5&sig=wBwfi-Vws9ZinkQXkHE5Ak7pIqc&hl=en&ei=V-r-SYP0D4HCtwfn5-2iDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#PPA51,M1
On page 50......Z
 
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