by Wolverine Mon Apr 17, 2017 10:25 am
It seems likely that the tapes were transferred from a set of BDUs, as they are clearly well worn compared to the jacket. The EIB looks almost new, and the shoulder patches are harder to explain. The combat patch appears to be a normal regulation patch, while the one on the opposite sleeve appears to be commercially or locally made, with a cut edge. I still can't pin down the colour on it. How the soldier ended up with that particular combination, and a reversed flag I don't know. In Desert Patches, Born and Barnes point out that early theatre-made desert patches are normally pretty crude, so I doubt that the left sleeve patch falls into that category.