United States Army Shoulder Patches and Related Insignia: 41st Division to 106th Division

by Kurt Keller and William Keller

Beginning in the Civil War, the U. S. Army sought to find an effective system to distinguish troops from different units. In the closing days of World War I, it finally arrived at a practical and desirable solution with the adoption of the shoulder patch or shoulder sleeve insignia. For more than eighty years, this often simple device, has been the source of pride and inspiration for servicemen everywhere. This new book (the second of a multi-volume...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764315021
• ISBN13: 9780764315022
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 3.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.7" x 11.1"
• Grade Range: Grade 10 to Postsecondary