Parts of uniforms and headgear consisting of armbands, collar tabs, shoulder boards, piping/tresse, buttons and patches typically made of either cloth or metal. Cloth insignia was constructed in machine-woven, machine embroidered or hand embroidery and in cotton, wool, metallic-wire, rayon or silk. Metal insignia was typically fabricated by means of die stamping, die forging or casting in materials such as silver, nickel, aluminum, copper, brass, zinc or steel. Prolific within all organizations; US Army, USMC, US Navy, Marine Corps, AAF, USAAF, CBI, Airborne, SF, Ranger, 1SSF, US Patches, Political, Red Cross, Police, Reichsbahn, Stahlhelm, NSDAP,SA, NSKK, NSKF, DLV, RAD, DAF, SS, SD, HJ, DJ, TENO, NPEA,