China Burma India Patch

[Aragorn243]

Always had a bit of a soft spot for the CBI because it nearly gets ignored by almost everyone. Picked this up at an antique shop last week and have been debating what to do with it.

It is what the call a bullion patch, made in theater, most likely in India. This is the nicest one I have seen in my research so far, possibly because it's been in this frame since shortly after the war. The photos are not the best due to it being under glass and that's part of my problem.

The glass is "fogged" a bit, especially the top portion of the patch. There is also some dirt under the glass and the gold frame just reminds be of "old".

But that introduces another problem. The frame and the matting are obviously old and lend to the authenticity of the patch, removing it harms it's history.

I would like to put it in a nicer, less tacky, shadow box to better display it and keep it preserved. I'm also curious as to the construction of the back.

Thoughts? I don't normally get into patches much, military anyway, I have a huge collection of wildlife conservation patches. I have encountered this glass fogging before with them and other things in tight frames.

I figure I can photo document it before removing it but not sure if that's enough.

What say the patch collectors?

I have been able to confirm the art gallery was in business in 1947 with the same label.

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