froggy wrote:From the US I guess ? I guess some people view the practice as a very "classy & suttle" way to share/express/impose your personal interests/convictions with complete strangers . Interesting society we do live in ...
Why would American's eat knickers? Are they goats or something? [/sarcasm]
dromia wrote:Bloody internet selling, make a military or at worst "tactical-black" tenuous association to something you want to sell and the sheeple go for it.
It is totally beyond my ken to see how an embroidered patch would make me feel better about anything.
They were, and still are, used by military units as unofficial insignia and are usually subdued so as not to draw attention and tend to be worn by guys in the same unit etc....it's a way of showing you belong to something and they started out as a bit of fun and were popular with GIs in Vietnam although they can be traced back to WW2 and even the nose art of WW2 planes are a form of morale patch.
"The only real power comes out of a long rifle." - Joseph Stalin
Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank.....give a man a bank and he can rob the world!.
dromia wrote:Thankfully not being of a military bent I will accept you telling me that they might have some relevance in that situation.
What I fail to see is what "morale" or "motivational" effects it would have in civilian use.
Have any of the patches in this thread been used by military units?
The "MRE" one is a non-unit specific one worn by US troops as a bit of fun, the four in the original post aren't actual military morale patches by any stretch.
The most widely recognised patch is probably the Taliban Hunting Club patch which which was widely worn by British troops in Afghan and has found it's way into civilian use on everything from T-shirts to bumper stickers.The wearing of it was banned by the top brass in 2011 but it didn't stop the Yanks wearing it.
what "morale" or "motivational" effects it would have in civilian use.
Well ... I am sure you are very discret gentleman with your largess to the less fortunate ones in society but by wearing one, Dromia, you would be sharing with your shooting buddies what a kind & careing philanthropist kind of guy you are ??
Well they aint good for morale when some sticky fingered t*@t nicks them off your kit in the clays. One day
You see a lot of, I guess, commemorative or brand patches these days as well. I have the usual CSR type and some manufacturers ones on my gun bags and kit. They are becoming a standard give away.
The whole velcro thing was all to do with downed aircrew binning unit patches in a hurry....seems to be to do with washing these days and a pain in the arse (its a good way for tight wad units to issue less patches than you need, being easy to swap round....the problem being that after a short while, the loop part of the velcro resembles unruly pubic thatch!!)
