✅ SOLVED Police or Fire buttons?

[johnnyblaze]

Got these at an Estate sale not sure what they represent

Anyone..


Blaze

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

All three of them appear to be US Army insignia from the 20th-century. The large one appears to be a hat insignia. The two smaller ones are collar-disc insignia. Close-up photos of their backs are needed to give you precise ID and dates for each of them.

 

[johnnyblaze]

Sorry i forgot the back shots..

The HQ button made me think Police OR Fire..


Sorry about my junk camera..Broke the good one out in the woods..
Blaze

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Thank you for the photos of the discs' backs. The photos show the emblem on the discs is "applied" to a blank disc, which means your US Army collar-insignia discs date from 1937 to 1943, and in some cases, through 1945. Your hat-insignia disc is apparently from the same time-period.

The "style" of your collar-disc insignia is called a Type 3 disc by collectors. The Type 3 disc is distinguished from other types by having an ""applied" emble, and threaded-post for attachment to the uniform's cloth, and the post is encircled by a thin disc with two pointed prongs. You can learn about the various types of US Army collar-insignia discs (including dozens of photos) here: Dating Metallic Insignia: Collar Disks

As mentioned above, your discs definitely date from the World War 2 era. Your collar disc with the castle is a US Army Engineer Battalion Headquarters insignia. The one with simply the letters U.S. and a number represents the US Army's 118th Infantry Regiment.