40th Infantry Division star patch
Historical
Identifier:
2017.27.41917
Description
A sun patch for the 40th Infantry Division. During World War 1, it was a division made up of national guard units from Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. The patch comes from Ernest Freeman, who was part of the Utah National Guard and went to Camp Kearney to train for World War 1.The patch is on a dark blue background with a sun in the center. The sun has a center circle and an embroidered ring from which twelve