WWII US Army 4th Armoured Division Patch

A 4th US Armoured Division patch. Early embroidered example no edge or border and a black back. With age and wear. Nickname “Break Through”

The 4th Armored Division landed at Utah Beach, on 11 July, over a month after the initial Normandy landings, and first entered combat on 17 July; on 28 July, battle action as part of the VIII Corps exploitation force for Operation Cobra, the 4th AD secured the Coutances area. The 4th AD then swung south to take Nantes, cutting off the Brittany Peninsula, 12 August 1944. Turning east, it drove swiftly across France north of the Loire, smashed across the Moselle

Code: 57203