A unique collection: US military shoulder patches

 For the most part materials at the Milstein Division include print and electronic resources. A particularly unique collection held in our stacks is a seven-volume set of scrapbooks filled with World War I and World War II shoulder patches. Recently, these scrapbooks were treated by the Conservation Lab staff who lovingly restored them, cleaning the patches and encapsulating the pages. Conservation staff enjoyed this project thoroughly and invited Mr. Burger to the lab to view the newly stabilized albums; the meeting was recorded in the above video. The scrapbooks have been returned to the closed stacks of the Milstein Division and are now available for limited and supervised viewing.

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military shoulder patches

excellent collection! it reminded me of the awesome patches they have on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/switthoft/440054684/in/photostream/">display</a> at the pima air museum in tucson, az. the ranks and positions were really great.