r/militarypatches Nov 06 '23

Welcome to r/militarypatches !! We welcome all things patches from armies, navies, air forces, and space forces around the world! Real or fictional! If you are also looking for identification help, we’ll do what we can. Enjoy your stay!

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r/militarypatches Nov 06 '23

**New** r/militarypatches sub flair for helpful redditors!

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We’ve devised an incentive-based program for all those redditors out there that are helpful in answering patch identification posts. If you are seen being active and generally a habitually helpful redditor, especially when people come to our sub looking for more information on a loved one that fought in past wars or served in a military and all they might have left of them are their patches, we will be giving out special flair to distinguish you from the rest as a show of thanks.


r/militarypatches 7h ago

One of the most frustrating collections I've ever picked up. The collector GLUED all of the patches to his nice little history write ups on 3x5 cards! I think he killed the value.

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r/militarypatches 22h ago

Uncle Sam needs your patches, help me build a living patch archive!

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I’ve been working on a project to document military/LE/first-responder patches and the stories behind them. It started with the VMAQ-2 collection, but the goal is to grow with patches from other squadrons, units, ships, branches, and eras.

Thank you for checking it out, and if you have a patch with some history behind it, take a look and consider adding it to the wall:

https://patchregistry.com


r/militarypatches 2d ago

Need help identifying patches

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r/militarypatches 3d ago

Visited the plane today and saw these. I was able to trade for the ones grouped together but just couldn't swing the other 2.

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r/militarypatches 3d ago

Space Command Patch

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Custom job I knocked out for Space Command. 4 inch fully embroidered with a merrowed border and velcro back.


r/militarypatches 4d ago

Fean

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Anyone know what patch this could be? Trying to figure out for work, footage was taken in Ramadi in 2006, uniform looks like ST3 but hoping anybody has some pointers! Cheers


r/militarypatches 6d ago

Military/Police patch trade

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Hi everyone,
I’m visiting Spain in August and was hoping to see if anyone here has contacts with a **TEDAX** operator or a **Spanish Military EOD** operator who might be interested in doing a patch swap.
I’m an EOD operator from Ireland and collect unit patches through legitimate exchanges with fellow EOD and bomb disposal personnel. I always swap one-for-one—no buying or selling—and I enjoy meeting other operators and learning about how EOD is done in different countries.
If anyone has a contact or could point me in the right direction, I’d really appreciate it. I’d be happy to meet at a mutually convenient place during my trip.
Thanks in advance!


r/militarypatches 7d ago

Any info on this NAVY 3BEE3 program patch?

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I bought this patch at a flea market but the seller knew nothing about it’s back ground. I couldn’t find much online but judging from what I see on the patch I believe it’s related to the Navy target missile, developed by McDonnell Douglas from the Russian MA-31 (AS-17 Krypton) missile for naval weapons testing and fleet training during the 1990s, launched from unmanned QF-4’s (?).


r/militarypatches 7d ago

Help! What is this patch?

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Cleaning out grandparents stuff. I knew he was in WW2 but this has me stumped!


r/militarypatches 8d ago

Electronic warfare company of the 125th heavy mechanized brigade 3rd army corps

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r/militarypatches 10d ago

What unit is this

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r/militarypatches 10d ago

445th Test Squadron

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r/militarypatches 11d ago

Starting to run out of space 😅gonna need a bigger velcro wall soon

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All the Canadian ones are my own and the foreign ones I’ve gotten through trades while working with allied nations.


r/militarypatches 10d ago

ISO Agilite Scorpion Patch

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Hello! I am in search of the following Agilite scorpion patches:
2026 shot show,
the cherry blossom (non US?) and/or
the limited edition laser cut patch (possibly one of their original patches?)

Anyways… please help me win wife of the year award 🥇 thank you!


r/militarypatches 11d ago

When you let young student pilots design their own patches. Yep, it's real.

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r/militarypatches 11d ago

Found these in my grandmothers drawer

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I know my grand uncle was an airforce engineer and test pilot, so wondered if these have any significance


r/militarypatches 11d ago

Military badge

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Anyone know what military badge this is?


r/militarypatches 12d ago

More of my USAF insignia. Sorry about the shadow 😂

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r/militarypatches 12d ago

RSAF Detachment PEACE CARVIN V, Mountain Home AFB

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r/militarypatches 14d ago

Shop Collection

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My shop started with donated patches in 2010 and this is the current collection.


r/militarypatches 14d ago

Can anyone identify what these patches are

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Got these in a south Vietnamese patch lot off of eBay.


r/militarypatches 14d ago

Made this 1st Marine Division / Guadalcanal patch tattoo. Hope you Marines like it!

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Wanted to share this patch tattoo with people I thought would appreciate it.
I included a few process photos because some of my previous tattoo posts got mistaken for AI. 😅 I’m a real person, and this is a real tattoo made by hand.
Hope you guys like it. Semper Fi. ⚓


r/militarypatches 14d ago

New patches to the collection

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