Insignia?

[brigadepiron]

Just a quick question,

Did the chinese units in Korea wear any unit insignia?

Thanks

BP

[pop401k]

To my knowledge, no.

NCOs and Officers wore white bands around their sleeves to denote rank.

After the cease fire (postwar), both sides were required to wear unit affiliation... as the US ARMY tapes. That's the blue and white cloth tags you see sold on some websites and on ebay occasionally.

Can't recall now, but maybe name tapes were required as well.

[brigadepiron]

Thanks,

Where were the blue and white tags worn?

Just broading out the question a bit, are there any identifying features that can mark out a KW chinese (summer) uniform from a non-KW one?

BP

[pop401k]

My educated guess would be above the left breast pocket. I have a post-war propaganda picture showing such.

Again from what I understand, the wartime tunics had no lower pockets, or loops for (rank) shoulderboards. Postwar tunics have both.

From vet "interviews" the early (pre) war uniforms were predominately gray, with the mustard color being seen after the first year, and then continuing until maybe 1960 or so when they went to the green we see today.

[brigadepiron]

How about a green(ish) uniform with no pockets or rank boards ?

The particular badge I've seen was sewn on the right sleve (from the perspective of the wearer) quite high up, so presumably a rank tag.

Thanks!

BP