Curret U.S. unit patches reference books

[speagle]

I have a number of different reference book that help identifying US military unit insignias up to and including Viet Nam, however, nothing I can find that gives any overall IDs, with pictures, on current units from the 1980s forward. Anyone know of any NEW reference books on this subject?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Ed

[ChrisW]

Ed,

I highly recommend Barry Jason Stein's 1997 book "US Army Patches: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cloth Unit Insignia" (ISBN 978-1570031793). I had a copy, sold it, and now regret it -- it's going on Amazon for about twice what I paid for it.

[speagle]

Ed,

I highly recommend Barry Jason Stein's 1997 book "US Army Patches: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cloth Unit Insignia" (ISBN 978-1570031793). I had a copy, sold it, and now regret it -- it's going on Amazon for about twice what I paid for it.

Thanks Chris.

It is a pretty steep price, ($250.00 New --$79.00 used) but I'll look into it. Thanks for the info. I appreciate you making time.

Ed

[Histaria]

A good place to keep an eye on is the Institute of Heraldry web site. They design the insignia and over the last couple of years have been posting color drawings of the latest SSI and D.U. I. that have been authorized. My link

[speagle]

A good place to keep an eye on is the Institute of Heraldry web site. They design the insignia and over the last couple of years have been posting color drawings of the latest SSI and D.U. I. that have been authorized. My link

Thanks for the reminder. I haven't used it for awhile.

Ed