10th Mountain Infantry Division Large “Combat Veteran” – 5″ X 4 3/4″ Embroidered Patch with Wax Backing – War on Terror – Iraq – Afghanistan OIF OEF

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10th Mountain Infantry Division Large “Combat Veteran” – 5″ X 4 3/4″ Embroidered Patch with Wax Backing

The shoulder patch for the 10th was approved on January 7, 1944. The blue background of the patch and the crossed bayonets suggest the infantry, the bayonets also form a Roman number X representing the unit’s number. The overall shape of the patch is of a powder-keg suggesting the Division’s explosive power. Red, white, and blue suggest the national colors. The word “MOUNTAIN” is white on a blue tab affixed directly above the patch.