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Yet another collecting category; bullion patches.

SkyManSkyMan Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I just learned about yet another collecting category today, they are called bullion patches. These are patches that some of the threads used on the patch are (gold and/or silver) bullion. Specifically I learned about space mission bullion patches. The bullion thread is used on the mission patch design to liven it up. While I have no interest in collecting them, they do look kind of fun.

Here's a link. If you go about halfway down the page you'll start to see some pictures of some patches...

collectspace.com/ubb/Forum18/HTML/000765.html

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  • hchcoinhchcoin Posts: 4,829 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I learn something new or interesting everyday on this forum.

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I did not know about bullion patches... How interesting... will watch for these to show up at local antique shops... Cheers, RickO

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,190 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very cool!

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  • OuthaulOuthaul Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 22, 2017 5:24AM

    Here are a couple of military unit patches. The 461st Deadly Jesters has gold thread for the mask and the 550th Silver Eagles has silver thread for the eagle. Both units were inactivated years ago.

    Edited to add the 461st Tac Fighter Squadron is now the 461st Flight Test Squadron.

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    Bob


  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,137 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Silver thread on a patch doesn't seem practical. How do they keep it from tarnishing?

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  • OuthaulOuthaul Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not a clue. Maybe coated?

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,137 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Outhaul said:
    Not a clue. Maybe coated?

    Being a patch on clothing I would think any coating would wear off. Perhaps it was plated with white gold or platinum. Perhaps it isn't actual silver and it's just a silver colored metal such as a copper-nickel alloy. I guess I'm over analyzing this. LOL

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,190 ✭✭✭✭✭


    This one actually does look like tarnished silver...

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I really like that 'Deadly Jester' patch.... very cool...might look for one of those on ebay. Cheers, RickO

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