Original U.S. WWI & WWII 3rd Division “Rock of the Marne” Patch Lot with Extremely Rare Velvet First Variation Patch - Five Total Gun Parts and all five retaining screws

and all five retaining screws are still present

as it had been during the empire

not the later black adopted for panzer troops

similar to what was used for WWI belt clips

There is just some fraying on the white fabric covering the hinge interior

Original U.S. WWI & WWII 3rd Division “Rock of the Marne” Patch Lot with Extremely Rare Velvet First Variation Patch - Five Total Gun Parts and all five retaining screwsOriginal Items. Only One Lot Available. The 3rd Division was activated on 21 November 1917, seven months after the American entry into World War I, at Camp Greene, North Carolina. Eight months later, it saw combat for the first time in France on the Western Front. At midnight on 14 July 1918, the division earned a lasting distinction. Engaged in the Aisne Marne Offensive as a member of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) to Europe, the division was