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USA Army 2nd Infantry Division Arm Patches

  Lot # 539
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The History of the 2nd Infantry Division Patch

The Second Infantry Division patch, with its distinctive design, represents nearly a century of proud service by its “Warriors”. One can trace the origin of the patch all the way back to the earliest days of the division’s history. The story begins with an observation made by Colonel William F. Herringshaw, a Distinguished Service Medal recipient, during training with the French in 1917. Colonel Herringshaw was in command of the service and support supply units of the Second Infantry Division when he noticed that the vehicles that the French used were marked with symbols that represented the unit to which each belonged.

Colonel Herringshaw concluded that this form of identification was an excellent idea. He soon sponsored a contest among his men to design a symbol for his trucks. The resulting design became the foundation for the 2nd Infantry Division patch. According to the accounts of the event, there were three winning ideas:

  • One design featured an Indian head
  • Another design featured a plain white star
  • The third design is a mystery as it has been lost to history.

Having not been completely satisfied with any one concept, Colonel Herringshaw reportedly decided that the Indian Head and star designs should be combined into one design. The Indian Head within the star design was born

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