Eighth Army Patch-First Div-Italy

[Norm Cromie (RIP)]

Bruce
Thank you for your excellent photograph of the army uniform with the crusader patch. The patch on the Pats was a surprise to me. I am always interested in any information or photos of the operations in Italy and Sicily. As you know we had several uniform changes seasonally. Are you a collector Bruce? Art Johnson has informed me that the red diamond signified Corp troops who provided Corps headquarters protection. The red square patch as you know was 1st Canadian division. I would sure like to see any other photos you have, MLU gives a wonderful chance to renew my memory as I am 84 now.