U.S. Army Patches, Flashes and Ovals: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cloth Unit Insignia

Barry Jason Stein

ISBN 10: 0979161304 / ISBN 13: 9780979161308

Published by Insignia Ventures Inc., 2007

About this Item

Pictorial front and back covers. 84 pages of color plates. Numerous B/W illustrations. Top and bottom corner tips of front cover creased. First few pages lightly creased at top corner tips. Heavy, oversized book will need additional postage for Priority and/or International shipping . Photos of book on request.

Seller Inventory # 016627

Bibliographic Details

• Title: U.S. Army Patches, Flashes and Ovals: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cloth Unit Insignia
• Publisher: Insignia Ventures Inc.
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0979161304
• ISBN 13: 9780979161308
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

U.S. Army Patches, Flashes and Ovals brings together in a colorful source more than 3600 cloth insignia worn by U.S. soldiers from World War I to the present. Picking up from where his well-known best seller U.S. Army Patches left off, Barry Stein has gathered officially approved patches from both active and inactive units, patches approved for local wear, as well as many unauthorized patches. The book, with its sharp, vivid, photos takes a snapshot profile of each unit.

About the Author

BARRY JASON STEIN, former owner of a major military insignia manufacturing company, became interested in military history while he was a young salesman traveling to military bases around the world. His sales initiatives in the field of insignia include the well-known Sta-Brite brand of no-polish insignia which he introduced to the Army PX system in 1989. Stein was born May 22nd, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, before embarking on a career in sales and manufacturing where he spent over 38 years. Stein is the noted author of U.S. Army Heraldic Crests the standard reference for distinctive unit insignia collectors around the world and the book which General Matthew Ridgeway once praised as unique in both scope and content [representing] in a symbolic sense, the entire sweep of U.S. Army history. His second book U.S. Army Patches (1997), was the predecessor to his latest endeavor, U.S. Army Patches, Flashes and Ovals which he hopes will do for patch enthusiasts what his first book did for crest collectors. Barry s other interests include painting and the community theaters. He and his family reside in Greenwich, Connecticut.