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BasePX is the worlds best source of U.S. quality hand made morale velcro SSI Shoulder Sleeve Insignia, Militaria are artifacts or replicas of military, police, etc., collected for their historical significance. Such antiques include firearms, swords, knives, and other weapons; uniforms, helmets, other military headgear, and Armour; military orders and decorations; challenge coins and awards; badges and insignia; military art, sculpture, and prints; ephemera such as cigarette cards, photographs, antiquarian books, magazines and posters; scale models and toy soldiers; and items of combat equipment and field gear.
Today, the collecting of militaria is an established hobby among many groups of people. Many European families, specifically those royal families with long martial tradition, have large collections of militaria passed down from generation to generation. Also, many people today collect militaria for investment purposes, as the value of extremely rare antiquities almost never goes down.
Badges of one sort or another have been collected since ancient times. Greek and Roman pilgrims to pagan shrines often made collections of miniature images of gods and goddesses or their emblems, and Christian pilgrims later did the same. Usually medieval Christian pilgrim badges were metal pin badges - most famously the shell symbol showing the wearer had been to the shrine of St. James at Compostela in Spain. These were stuck in hats or into clothing and hard working pilgrims could assemble quite a collection, as mentioned by Chaucer in his 'Canterbury Tales'.
The growth in the 19th century of travel for ordinary people saw a huge increase in the souvenir industry, as these new secular pilgrims - like their medieval counterparts - wanted to bring back reminders of their holidays/vacations and sightseeing, ranging from china plates to postcards.
The production of stick-on souvenir badges seems to have started in mainland Europe during the early 20th-century, probably in Germany shortly after the First World War when hiking became popular, and people began sewing badges of resort towns onto their backpacks and jackets. In the U.S., the development of the National parks system and the growing popularity of vacationing saw a similar development of SSI Shoulder Sleeve Insignia collecting.
After the Second World War, American GIs occupying Germany sent badges back to their loved ones, showing where they were stationed. These badges/SSI Shoulder Sleeve Insignia became known as sweetheart patches. They were also imported to Britain by Sampson Souvenirs Ltd., which also began producing badges of British tourist spots, and went on to become (and still is) the largest British manufacturer of souvenir badges. The biggest American manufacturer is Voyager Emblems of Sanborn, New York.
Souvenir morale patches/SSI Shoulder Sleeve Insignia are often beautifully designed and deserve to be seen as miniature works of art, even though they are ephemeral and designed for a mass market. They are a good way of showing off places visited if worn on clothing, or stored in albums they can bring back happy memories of holidays/vacations or just day trips to interesting places.
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Morale patches are Unofficial patches/SSI Shoulder Sleeve Insignia that are used by a unit. Morale patches may be approved (see our item “Taliban”). Such patches/SSI Shoulder Sleeve Insignia are designed to raise the "morale" of the unit, thus the origins of the term. Ofter the cartoon characters were used as the main principle focal point. One such example is The Simpsons. The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company.
The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its eponymous family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. The show is set in the fictional town of Springfield, and lampoons many aspects of the human condition including American culture, society, and television. The family was conceived by Groening shortly before a pitch for a series of animated shorts with the producer James L. Brooks. Groening created a dysfunctional family and named the characters after members of his own family, substituting Bart for his own name. The shorts became a part of The Tracey Ullman Show on April 19, 1987. After a three-season run, the sketch was developed into a half-hour prime time show and was an early hit for Fox, becoming the first Fox series to land in the Top 30 ratings in a season (1989, 1990).
Bart and Homer are the two most prominent characters utilized by the US Military Morale patch designers. They find that Bart and Homer present an original view of life that they can attest to.
Most patches/SSI Shoulder Sleeve Insignia today have the so called Merrowed Edge, some als refer it as Overedge Stitch, Overlock Stitch, or Rolled Edge. A patch having a protective "molding" of thread all around its edge, often referred to as a "rolled edge", it was to prevent raveling. Merrowing is an overedge stitch added using a special machine. On loom-made patches, this is performed after a patch has been embroidered and cut; on multihead-made patches, it's done to the pre-made twill "blanks" before they are embroidered. The telltale sign of merrowing is the "pigtail" end that is usually either glued or taped to the back of the patch. It should be noted that because twill doesn't ravel and is often treated, cut-edge patches really don't need merrowing, so nowadays it's usually added because the designer thinks it enhances the looks of the patch. Then there are the patches with Cut Edge design. This type of border that is sewn on a patch then cut to shape, thus making the base material visible outside the sewn border. Cuts are most commonly made by a die, hand, a hot-edge knife or in recent times, a laser. This type of border was extremely common on patches prior to the wide-spread adoption of the merrowed edge patches/SSI Shoulder Sleeve Insignia.
Since the intruding of the ACU (Army Combat Uniform), the velcro patches/SSI Shoulder Sleeve Insignia have gained popularity . Hook and Loop Fastener. Commonly known as VELCRO. Hook and loop fasteners were patented by Swiss inventor George de Mestral in 1955 under the name VELCRO?. Although VELCRO? is often used generically to refer to hoop and loop fasteners, the term actually is a registered trademark referring to the company and its line of products.
Suggestions on How to iron-on patches, the Home Method:
1. Take your household iron and set it to the cotton or high heat temperature setting.
2. Lay the garment down flat and place a common bath towel or pillow case over the area of the garment where the emblem is to be attached. Place your heated iron on the towel or pillow case and press down firmly for 8 seconds in order to heat up the area of the garment where the emblems is to be attached.
3. Place your iron on patch on the pre-heated garment area and put your towel or pillow case on top of the emblem and then press down firmly with your iron for another 8 to 10 seconds.
4. Remove the iron and towel or pillow case and place the garment aside and allow it to fully cool before handling it.
Many Motorcycle Clubs (MC) seek BasePX to assist them with the design of their club colors and restricted club patches. We, BasePX, respect the MC colors and their patches, your MC patch will not be displayed or sold to unauthorized persons. All MC orders will be by club authorization only.
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