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General Discussion => Hysterical History => Topic started by: RiverAux on March 08, 2009, 04:45:34 AM

Title: 1942 OCD insignia regulation
Post by: RiverAux on March 08, 2009, 04:45:34 AM
Here is a link to the 1942 Office of Civilian Defense regulation on insignia that is probably the first regulation governing CAP insignia. 

http://www.archive.org/details/Insignia

Interestingly, you could possibly have been prosecuted for not wearing the insignia properly. 
Title: Re: 1942 OCD insignia regulation
Post by: PaulR on March 17, 2009, 12:24:00 AM
It was a different era back then... people were actually held accountable. :o

Thanks for sharing this manual.  It is an interesting read! ;D
Title: Re: 1942 OCD insignia regulation
Post by: alamrcn on March 18, 2009, 08:21:13 PM
 :clap: Coooool..... I'll put it up on the CAP Patches website soon, which will hopefully lead to more people seeing it.
Title: Re: 1942 OCD insignia regulation
Post by: Al Sayre on March 18, 2009, 08:43:57 PM
So what insignia did you wear if you had OCD?   >:D
Title: Re: 1942 OCD insignia regulation
Post by: RiverAux on March 18, 2009, 08:51:10 PM
Doesn't matter so long as you kept it clean and bright enough to blind people. 
Title: Re: 1942 OCD insignia regulation
Post by: sardak on March 18, 2009, 09:21:03 PM
If you do a search at the US Patent & Trademark Office on the design patents listed in the document, you find that the CAP insignia were designed by:
"Walter P. Burn and Helen Jurkops, Washington, D.C., assignors to United States of America, as represented by James M. Landis, United States Director of Civilian Defense, Office of Civil Defense..."

USPTO search: http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html
Enter the D-# from the document without the hyphen into "Term 1" and be sure to set the correct date range.

Mike
Title: Re: 1942 OCD insignia regulation
Post by: AndrewA74 on February 06, 2010, 06:52:29 AM
Quote from: RiverAux on March 18, 2009, 08:51:10 PM
Doesn't matter so long as you kept it clean and bright enough to blind people.
And sewed on in the correct place with matching thread.  :)