Kilt pins from military awards.

[Richland]

Joe,
I used a loc-tite quick set epoxy.Iit is in a double syringe system
sets up fast so be careful. certainy strong, and drys clear
to correct an error in my post The sword was a necklace from spencer. you can see the hole in the top of the handle. I am working on my soldering skills so i may try that on the next one. you may be better off staying with epoxy I worry that the solder heat may effect the blue background on your CIB.
Congratulations on the award, wear it with pride....

[switchblade5984]

very nice!

[Richland]

Joe, I did some work with First Cav in Iraq last year.
My dad is a WWII 8th cav Man, and silver star award from the Flying Colume
Dash into Manila.

[Miah]

I Have an antique EGA (Eagle Globe Anchor) that I filled in the back with Locktight and Was planning ou Using as a Kilt Pin Some day. I was thinking about Taking My Bear Kilt off to the seamstress to get a "button hole" put on, for those Jar heads out there, the way they do Buttons on the dress blues. the Little hole that you put your button through and then the clasp on the back.

[Chris Webb]

Here's the official word from the U.S. Army, of course, even the U.S.Army knows they have no power to control the use of awards and badges by civilians of any kind, including veterans. But this does represent the official 'attitude' of the U.S.Army:

. In accordance with chapter 45, section 771, title 10, United States Code (10 USC 771), no person except a member of the U.S. Army may wear the uniform, or a distinctive part of the uniform of the U.S. Army unless otherwise authorized by law. Additionally, no person except a member of the U.S. Army may wear a uniform, any part of which is similar to a distinctive part of the U.S. Army uniform. This includes the distinctive uniforms and uniform items listed in paragraph 1–12 of this regulation. Paragraph 1–12 goes on to define "Distinctive uniforms and uniform items:"

a. The following uniform items are distinctive and will not be sold to or worn by unauthorized personnel:

(1) All Army headgear, when worn with insignia.
(2) Badges and tabs (identification, marksmanship, combat, and special skill).
(3) Uniform buttons (U.S. Army or Corps of Engineers).
(4) Decorations, service medals, service and training ribbons, and other awards and their appurtenances.
(5) Insignia of any design or color that the Army has adopted.

Oh, well. I can tell you this, I'm a veteran and I routinely wear my paratrooper wings on everything from ball caps to knife sheathes. Down at the American Legion, where I've been a member for 14 years, it's common to see guys wearing military field jackets with their badges on them ... I've got a Green Wool Field Shirt that I wear all the time, 2 actually, 1 with just my jumpwings and the other with all my badges, rank, branch, etc. on it. No ribbons though.

As a veteran I believe that any veteran can wear his damned badges until the day he dies and then he can be buried with them. The only qualification is that you earned them. I also approve of a son, daughter or other close relative to wear them as long as they say who they commemorate.

Here's a warning, though: If you wear military badges on civilian clothes you may be challenged on your right to wear them. If you have the right, you'll get a handshake or a salute, if not ... well, let's just say those of us who've earned them take it VERY personally.

Hope this helps,

Chris Webb

[Richland]

I finished my first kilt pin and it cost me about $20 .00
ingrediants:
Spencer gifts in the mall, Sword pin $8.00
Master Wings from PX $8.00
Pin back from local craft store .75 cents
good strong Epoxy $3.00

I ground the face of the sword to support the wings better cut off the clutch pins off the wings and epoxy'd the whole shooting match together.
It looks great [IMG][/IMG]

[Southern Breeze]

[QUOTE=Richland]I finished my first kilt pin and it cost me about $20 .00
ingrediants:
Spencer gifts in the mall, Sword pin $8.00
Master Wings from PX $8.00
Pin back from local craft store .75 cents
good strong Epoxy $3.00 [QUOTE]

I ground the face of the sword to support the wings better cut off the clutch pins off the wings and epoxy'd the whole shooting match together.[QUOTE]

That looks great. If the epoxy doesn't hold you can have a jeweler solder it together.

[billmcc]

It looks good.

[Kid Cossack]

Gents:

When I picked up corporal in the USMC, my father sent me an old pair of his corporal's chevrons---the metal pin worn on the collar with cammies (or a Charlie shirt under a wooly pully). They were no longer regulation---these were wider and had a shallower angle. The NCOIC of the Marine detachment agreed that, on promotion, I would pin on my father's chevrons. Further, the detachment OIC made clear that, so long as I was under his command, I could wear the non-reg chevrons on my collar.

Those chevrons ride as the kilt pin on my desert MARPAT PK.

Even though I served before adoption of the desert MARPAT----that's MY CLAN COLORS right there. The chevron worn as a kilt pin is non-regulation, it is in the rank I held, and it was worn during active duty by both my father and myself.

And it looks damn sharp, too.

[Joe Gondek]

Richland
Your kilt pin looks great!
I have a minitue C.I.B. that I use for a tie tac
I'm going to have to give it a try making it into a Kilt pin
What type of epoxy did you use?
I've had good luck with PV-7